New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): India on Friday reiterated that it shares a long-standing partnership with Iran and is carefully monitoring developments because the state of affairs continues to evolve.
Talking through the weekly media briefing within the nationwide capital, Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, ‘We’ve a long-standing partnership with Iran. We’re carefully following developments. We’re wanting on the evolving state of affairs, and we’ll accordingly take our partnership ahead.’
As regional tensions rise, the Indian authorities has suggested its nationals in Iran to go away the nation because of the unstable safety state of affairs, with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stressing that it’s carefully monitoring developments and is ‘dedicated to doing no matter is critical for his or her well-being.’
Offering particulars, Jaiswal stated, ‘Roughly 9,000 of our residents are presently residing in Iran. The vast majority of them are college students. In mild of the current developments there, we now have issued two or three advisories.’
Explaining the directions issued to Indian nationals, he stated, ‘In these advisories, we now have suggested our residents in India to not journey to Iran presently, and we now have suggested Indian residents residing in Iran to go away the nation by no matter means can be found.’
‘We’re holding a detailed watch on the state of affairs there, and so far as our residents are involved, we’re dedicated to doing no matter is critical for his or her well-being,’ he added, amid rising regional tensions linked to Tehran’s crackdown on nationwide protests which have reportedly killed lots of, and considerations over potential US intervention.
An advisory issued by the Indian Embassy in Tehran requested Indian nationals, together with college students, businesspeople, pilgrims and vacationers, to depart Iran by obtainable technique of transport, together with business flights, citing the ‘evolving state of affairs’.
In parallel, one other advisory issued by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs in New Delhi strongly suggested Indians to keep away from journey to Iran till additional discover in view of ongoing developments. It reiterated an earlier advisory issued on January 5, urging Indians in Iran to stay cautious and keep away from taking part in protests or demonstrations.
The advisories had been issued towards the backdrop of repeated warnings by US President Donald Trump, who has threatened army intervention if Iranian safety forces kill protesters. Trump has additionally inspired the protesters, saying ‘assistance is on the way in which’ and warned of ‘very robust motion’ if detained protesters are executed by Iranian authorities.
India has additionally confronted renewed consideration over its ties with Iran following Trump’s announcement of a 25 per cent tariff on international locations doing enterprise with Tehran. The Indian aspect has stated the risk is anticipated to have a ‘minimal influence,’ noting that India-Iran commerce, at about USD 1.68 billion, accounts for 0.15 per cent of New Delhi’s whole commerce.
Within the advisory, Indian nationals had been additionally requested to maintain journey and immigration paperwork, together with passports, available. Indians residing in Iran on resident visas had been suggested to register with the Embassy.
The protests started at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on December 28 over the Iranian rial’s file fall in worth and later unfold into nationwide demonstrations. The decline within the foreign money adopted a number of crises, together with unprecedented water shortages, energy outages, rising unemployment and surging inflation.
This isn’t the primary time that the Centre evacuated Indian nationals from the battle zone. In June 2025, it launched ‘Operation Sindhu’ to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran by Armenia as fears of an all-out Israeli-American army strike on Iran elevated.
In 2023, it launched Operation Kaveri in Sudan to evacuate Indians throughout army clashes. In 2023, it introduced Operation Ajay in Israel to evacuate residents through the Israel-Hamas battle.
Throughout Operation Ganga in 2022, India safely introduced again over 22,000 Indians, primarily college students, from Ukraine through Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, highlighting India’s diplomatic energy and humanitarian response.
Throughout Operation Devi Shakti in Afghanistan, it evacuated residents after the Taliban takeover in 2021. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it introduced Operation Samudra Setu, a sea evacuation of Indian nationals (Vande Bharat Mission). In Operation Raahat in Yemen throughout 2015, they evacuated through the civil battle and in Operation Protected Homecoming in Libya, the evacuation was performed through the Arab Spring civil conflict in 2011.
These operations showcase India’s efforts to convey again residents from battle zones. (ANI)
