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Indians should leave Iran, commercial flights still operating: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday urged Indian citizens to leave Iran amid the anti-government protests in the country.
The ministry said it had issued advisories asking Indians to avoid travelling to Iran and citizens already residing in the West Asian country to leave “by available means, including commercial flights”.
Speaking at a press briefing, Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal emphasises that commercial flights were still operating out of Iran and Indians leaving the country “should make use of those”.
New Delhi added that it is monitoring the situation in Iran and will take steps for the welfare of Indian citizens “if the need arises”.
The comments were made in response to reporters' questions about the ministry's assessment of the situation in Iran and if there were plans to evacuate Indians from there.
The ministry said that there are about 9,000 Indians in Iran. “They are mostly students, people connected with business, some professionals as well, pilgrims and seafarers,” Jaiswal added.
The protests, which began on December 28, initially focused on discontent about rising inflation.
However, they later expanded in scope as protesters in more than 100 towns demanded an end to clerical rule.
On January 8, the Iranian government snapped internet access and telephone lines, largely cutting off the country from the outside world. The authorities have accused the United States and Israel of inciting the unrest.
The restrictions were eased on Tuesday, AP reported. However, text messaging services were still down and internet users were only able to connect to government-approved websites locally.
On Friday, the United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said that the toll had risen to 3,090. This would make the ongoing protests the deadliest among all the unrest in Iran in several decades.
While Iranian state media reported that 3,000 persons had been arrested in connection with the violence, the Human Rights Activists News Agency said that the number was more than 18,400.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump claimed that he had been told that the killing of protesters in Iran had stopped and that “there is no plan for executions”.
Trump's claim came hours before Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that “there is no plan” to hang people, when asked about the crackdown on the protesters.
Trump had on Tuesday told the protesters that help was on the way and warned Tehran of “strong action” when he was asked about potential executions.
Source: Scroll
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US President Trump announced a trade deal with India, cutting tariffs from 25 per cent to 18 per cent, and claimed that India would stop buying Russian oil. However, Kremlin spokesperson Peskov clarified that Russia isn't India's only supplier and that Moscow has received no official communication
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