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There are 9,000 Indian nationals staying in Iran.

Since the outbreak of war, the Ministry of External Affairs has initiated steps to take each of the trapped Indians out of war zone and facilitate those willing to come back to India.

For this the Indian Embassy in Tehran is facilitating Indians to cross over into  Armenia and Azerbaijan from the land-border check-post.

While giving these details Randhir Jaiswal, the Official Spokesperson of the MEA informed media persons on Thursday the 12th of March 2026 during his weekly presser said that India diplomats are in constant touch with their Iranian counterparts for safe passage of Indians nationals from Iran.

Jaiswal confirmed that External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held three telephone conversations with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, to ensure the safety of commercial shipping and protect India’s energy security.

“External Affairs Minister and the Foreign Minister of Iran have had three conversations in recent days. The last one discussed issues pertaining to the safety of shipping and India’s energy security. Beyond that, it would be premature for me to say anything,” he said.

Jaiswal said that “we’ve had some 9,000 Indian nationals who were there or who are there in Iran. These 9,000 Indian nationals comprise students. They also comprise seafarers, some business people, some professionals, and some pilgrims. Of these 9,000, you would have seen that we had issued an advisory some time back. Our mission issued an advisory following those advisories, which were issued on the 14th of January, if I’m not wrong, and 23rd of February, several Indian nationals, mostly students, a lot of students, left the country and reached home,” Jaiswal added.