New Delhi, June 23 -- As part of Operation Sindhu, 290 Indian nationals and one Sri Lankan national were evacuated from Iran on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi on Monday evening.
With this, 2,003 Indian nationals have been brought back safely from Iran so far.
The MEA spokesperson said in a post on X:
"Operation Sindhu
"290 Indian nationals & 1 Sri Lankan national were evacuated from Mashhad on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi at 1915 hrs on 23 June.
"With this, 2003 Indian nationals have been brought back safely from Iran so far."
Earlier, a first batch of 161 Indian nationals evacuated from Israel took off on a flight from Amman, Jordan, for New Delhi.
These passengers were evacuated from Israel and moved to Am...