The sky was shining with light lines and smoke footpaths. The roar of fighter jets echoed across the city as sirens were in a distance. From his fifth floor hostel in Tehran, the nearby blast Thundclap shook the window pan. A repetitive cracking sound – probably – or another explosion nearby.
It is that a 22 -year -old MBBS student from Hyderabad describes the night of June 13, studying at the University of Medical Sciences. “We heard a loud thunderous sound around 3:20 pm,” he said. “Then we saw black smoke. Everyone started running. I heard a fighter jet. Then we heard the firing. It felt as if the war was really on our head.”
“War was not on television. It was outside my window,” he said.
The student who has since been transferred to the Qom – 200 kilometers from Tehran – for safety, said that his dormitory experienced a blackout and the students were unable to eat or sleep for two days. “Our dean came on Friday and said that Derm is the safest place. But the situation worsened. They started taking students back to Tehran to bunkers and cellars. We are safe for now, but are nervous.”
As the Israeli-Iran struggle entered its fourth day on Monday, many people from Indian students Jammu and Kashmir got stuck in the crossfire of war between two countries. “We are just here to study,” said a 22 -year -old student. “And now we are part of a war between the two countries, which we are not even.”
On August 1, 2024, a question was answered without a Rajya Sabha, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that, in early 2024, there were about 1,700 Indian students in Iran, many of them enrolled in medicine in institutions such as Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University and Islamic Azad University.
At the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, a 22 -year -old MBBS student of Kashmir’s second year MBBS said that her dormitory windows were shattered during one of the attacks. “I don’t even know what is really happening,” he said. “But we are now awake for four nights. Today he bombed a place near our university. It was really bad.”
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Another student of Shahid Beheshti University said that he spent on Saturday in the underground section of his residence. “Noise did not stop at all. Defense activity is around us. It is like living in a war film, but we are in it. We got nervous for a day because we heard that Iran’s defense system was below. We are unable to make any movement.”
“Akash was full of glow last night,” said a second year student. “Our universities are providing us with food and other support, but we want our government to start withdrawal. We are looking at students from other countries, who are being taken back to our homes and we want to request the Government of India to do so.”
The student said, “I have not been in contact with my family regularly because internet connectivity is very bad here. My family is very worried about me. My mother has not stopped crying for two days,” the student said.
On Sunday evening, the strike near the Hujjatost Daormatry for international students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences allegedly injured two Indian students from Kashmir. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), both are stable and were transferred to Ramsar.
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In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 June, JKSA appealed to Iran for “immediate intervention and withdrawal” of Indian students, calling it a “human emergency”.
“These students traveled to Iran, especially to pursue MBBS,” due to the country’s economically viable educational infrastructure, written in the letter. “Now, they find themselves in the middle of an active military area, who are frightened for their lives.”
JKSA national convenor Nasir Khumhemi said that the students have repeatedly reached the Indian Embassy in Tehran, but have been demanded to vacate it, but they have not received any concrete assurance. “People from many countries have already left,” the letter has been quoted by a parents. “But our children remain. Nobody is asking about us. We feel abandoned.”
Some universities have started transferring students to small cities such as QOM and Ramsar, but live in many high -risk areas. “We left only after getting very close to the bombing and some students were hurt,” now the student said in the QOM. “Till then, we were asked to stay in the doormaiter or to contact the Indian embassy.”
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Even Mea says that students are being transferred according to local advice, many people say they are in darkness about the next stages. “We just want to go home. Before it is too late,” said 22 -year -old.
Amid the increasing tension between Iran and Israel, the Indian Embassy in Tehran has provided the facility to transfer some Indian students within Iran to safe areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
In response to developing risks, the High Commission is closely monitoring the safety situation and taking steps to ensure the safety of Indian citizens. “Other viable options are also subject to the exam,” the statement said. Further updates will be followed. “
In Tehran, HC said, “Embassy is in touch with community leaders about welfare and security.”
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Government spokesperson Fatmeh Mohzerani said in a press conference today that the toll of overall Israeli death has reached 22. According to Iran’s Health Ministry, the total death toll due to the Israeli strike has increased to at least 224.
A Israeli military spokesperson also said that Israel had gained air superiority on Iran and destroyed more than one third of the surface missile launcher from the surface of Iran. According to Mea, Indian students are being transferred.
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