Smoke rises following what Iran says was an Israeli assault on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran, Iran, on June 16, 2025.
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Scores of students from Jammu and Kashmir pursuing skilled programs in Iran had been reportedly shifted from capital Tehran to safer places on Monday (June 16, 2025). However, anxious parents are nervous concerning the students who’re finding out in different cities of Iran, which is going through a serious aerial assault from Israel over the previous 4 days.
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With communication strains, particularly Internet service, rising weaker between Iran and India, S. Qadri, a resident of Srinagar, mentioned his daughter knowledgeable the household on Monday (June 16, 2025) morning that Kashmiri students had been being shifted in batches to Qom, a metropolis in north-central Iran that’s thought of a safer location.
Saqib Ali, a resident of Budgam, mentioned her sister, finding out in a varsity in Tehran, was additionally shifted to Qom prior to now 12 hours. “She said the place is relatively calm compared to Tehran. She was not able to sleep in Tehran in the face of Israeli attacks. They were later shifted in buses. The Internet is slow and we only manage to message them. I appeal to the Government of India and the J&K government to find out a way to evacuate all of them,” Mr. Ali mentioned.
Several students finding out in varsities in Tehran instructed their parents over the telephone that they heard loud explosions in Tehran on June 15 and couldn’t sleep due to the menace of Israeli missiles hitting the varsities.
No evacuation in Sheraz
Meanwhile, the daddy of a pupil from Nawa Kadal, Srinagar, instructed the household that the students finding out in different cities like Sheraz weren’t being evacuated but.
Meanwhile, a spokesman of the J&Ok Students Association mentioned the students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University and Iran University of Medical Sciences had been “successfully relocated on Monday”.
‘Situation rapidly deteriorating’
One estimate recommended round 600 students from Kashmir had been shifted to safer places in Qom. Nasir Khuehami, nationwide convenor of the affiliation, mentioned: “Many students are enrolled in colleges and universities located dangerously close to key military installations and strategic targets. Students have reported hearing airstrike sirens, experiencing tremors, and observing intensified military activity in their surroundings. The situation has deteriorated rapidly since last night, and some students are even in cities where direct Israeli airstrikes have already occurred,” he mentioned.
A police spokesperson in Srinagar urged locals that if any students, employees, or people from Srinagar district are presently stranded in Iran due to the prevailing scenario there and require help, they or their relations might kindly attain out to the District Police, Srinagar for assist and help. “The collected information will be compiled and forwarded to the concerned authorities for appropriate and timely action,” the police mentioned.
Published – June 16, 2025 09:56 pm IST