90 students from Kashmir Valley among Indians evacuated from Iran: Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association | India News

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90 students from Kashmir Valley among Indians evacuated from Iran: Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association

SRINAGAR: Ninety students belonging to the Kashmir Valley are set to reach in New Delhi on Wednesday night time after being evacuated to Armenia from Iran amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran.The Union govt facilitated the evacuation of over 100 Indian students. Visuals confirmed the students boarding an IndiGo flight to India.Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association (JKSA), which is in contact with students in Iran, issued an announcement expressing “immense relief for Kashmiri students and their families as 90 students from the Kashmir Valley are set to arrive in New Delhi tonight amid the evacuation operation facilitated by the govt of India”.“Grateful to Govt of India, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar, for launching this timely evacuation effort and for reassuring anxious families back home during this period of uncertainty. We remain hopeful that all remaining students will be evacuated soon,” the assertion learn.JKSA nationwide convener Nasir Khuehami stated 600 students, nearly all of them Kashmiris, had reached Qom, a Shia holy metropolis in north central Iran.He additionally stated two Kashmiri students had been injured following the Israeli airstrike on Hujat Dost Ali Hostel in Tehran. “Both students were wounded by shrapnel; one suffered a hand injury, while the other sustained injuries to both his hand and leg. Fortunately, both are currently in stable condition. The attack has left the students shaken, terrified, and traumatised. However, the(se) students have neither been relocated nor evacuated yet.” he added.



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