Amid the ongoing unrest in Iran, the All India Medical Students Association and the Federation of All India Medical Association informed that the students pursuing their education in Iran are safe. The
organisations are in touch with the Indian government and are closely watching the situation.
Dr Mohammad Momin Khan, Vice President of AIMSA and FAIMA Doctors Association, stated that around 3000 Indian students in are studying in Iran, of which 2000 are studying medicine. He further informed that the students are safe and are indoors.
“We are in touch with the Embassy and Indian government,” he said, adding, “In the last two days the situation in Iran has improved and is in control.”
“Many students have gone to Iraq and Turkey Border to speak to their families,” he added.
Dr Khan further informed that the internet blackout still continues in Iran. “Right now, we don’t find a need for evacuation, but if a military attack happens, we need to evacuate the students.”
Unrest In Iran
More than 2,000 people have been killed in the violent crackdown by security forces on protesters in Iran, a human rights group said. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has assured Iranians that the help was “on its way”.
Earlier in the day, Trump posted on Truth Social, urging Iranians to continue protesting, writing: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!… HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” He also said he had cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials until what he described as the “senseless killing” of protesters stopped.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that it had so far confirmed the killing of 1,850 protesters, 135 people affiliated with the government and nine uninvolved civilians as well as nine children, over the last 17 days despite an internet blackout.
Iran is currently facing one of the country’s biggest challenges to the clerical leadership since it came to power in the 1979 Islamic revolution. Several rights groups have accused the government of fatally shooting protesters and masking the scale of the crackdown with internet blackouts.
