NEW DELHI: (Jun 26) India has evacuated 272 Indian and three Nepalese nationals from Iran following the conflict with Israel, officials said on Thursday.

A special flight carrying them arrived in Delhi a little past midnight from the Iranian city of Mashhad.

“#OperationSindhu update 272 Indian and 3 Nepalese nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad at 00:01 hrs on 26th June. 3426 Indian nationals have been brought home from Iran as part of #OperationSindhu,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X.