India on Tuesday evacuated more than 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel.It brought back 594 Indians from Israel, using C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force to fly out more than 400 people after they were moved out of Israel to Jordan and Egypt by land transit points.Also, 161 Indians were brought back in a chartered flight from Amman after they had moved to the Jordanian capital from Israel by road.A total of 573 Indians, three Sri Lankan and two Nepalese nationals were evacuated from Iran in two chartered flights on Tuesday, according to details shared by the MEA.Several other flights have brought Indian nationals back home after being evacuated from Iran in the past several days.Israel and Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at each other’s cities and military and strategic facilities since the hostilities began more than a week ago.The tensions escalated significantly following the US bombing of three major Iranian nuclear sites on the morning of June 22.India has evacuated its nationals on chartered flights operated from the Iranian city of Mashhad, the Armenian capital of Yerevan and the Turkmenistan capital of Ashgabat since June 18.Iran lifted airspace restrictions on June 20 to facilitate three chartered flights from Mashhad.The first flight landed in New Delhi late on June 20 with 290 Indians, and the second one landed in the national capital on June 21 afternoon with 310 Indians.Another flight arrived from the Armenian capital city of Yerevan on June 19 and special evacuation flight from Ashgabat landed in New Delhi early on June 21.India on June 23 had evacuated 290 Indian nationals and a Sri Lankan citizen from Iran following the US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites.
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