New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has set up a 24×7 control room amid the continuing hostilities between Iran and Israel and in view of the large number of Indians residing in both nations.
The Indian Embassy in Tehran, Iran has also set up a 24×7 emergency helpline with contact details provided.
MEA Statement
The MEA in a statement said, “A 24×7 Control Room has been established in Ministry of External Affairs in view of theongoing developments in Iran and Israel.”
The contact details of the control room are as under:
1800118797 (Toll free)
+91-11-23012113
+91-11-23014104
+91-11-23017905
+91-9968291988 (Whatsapp)
situationroom@mea.gov.in
In addition, the Embassy of India in Tehran, Iran has set up a 24×7 emergency helpline with contact details below
For call only:
1. +98 9128109115, +98 9128109109
For WhatsApp:
2. +98 901044557, +98 9015993320, +91 8086871709.
3. Bandar Abbas: +98 9177699036
4. Zahedan: +98 9396356649
cons.tehran@mea.gov.in.”
There are around 1,300 Indian students in Iran who have appealed to the government to evacuate them.
Over 240 Killed In Iran So Far In Israeli Attacks
Iran Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on Sunday that 244 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the past 65 hours.
In a post on the social media platform X, Kermanpour noted that about 70 women and children were among the dead and that 1,277 people had been hospitalised.
Iranian Foreign Ministry
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that over 90 per cent of the casualties were civilians.
“In just three recent strikes in Tehran, 73 women and kids killed; 20 children killed in Chamran residential complex, 10 still remain trapped under rubble 48 hours later,” Baghaei said on X.
Iranian Health Ministry
The day before, the Iranian Health Ministry said that about 1,500 had been injured in Iran less than three days after the start of Israeli attacks on the territory of the Islamic Republic, of whom 220 had died. Moreover, according to Kermanpour, more than 90% of the victims were civilians.
Early Friday, Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and several other cities across Iran, killing a number of the country’s top military commanders and nuclear scientists. The strikes continued across various parts of Iran on Saturday and Sunday.