Around 100 Indian medical and engineering students who have been stranded for weeks in north-western Iran will finally begin their journey home this weekend. According to the Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), the cohort—most of them from Kashmir—will travel by bus to Armenia’s Zvartnots International Airport before boarding Flydubai services that connect through Dubai to Delhi on 14 and 15 March.
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The students have been caught on the wrong side of fast-deteriorating security conditions triggered by the Israel-Iran conflict. Commercial flights from the region have been cancelled sporadically, overland transit to Tehran has become risky, and travel insurance for the route has either been withdrawn or made prohibitively expensive. Families back home have been pressing the Indian government for safe-passage options since late February. JKSA national convenor Nasir Khuehami told Hindustan Times that the Association worked with India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Iranian Embassy in Delhi and Indian missions in Tehran and Yerevan to secure the land-transit permits and airline seats. While the MEA has not announced a formal evacuation, officials facilitated the paperwork and advised the students to avoid posting real-time locations on social media. On arrival in Delhi, state authorities will provide onward transport to Srinagar, including chartered AC coaches arranged by the Jammu & Kashmir government so that students can reach their homes quickly and safely. Airlines and universities are also being urged to show flexibility on attendance rules and exam dates for returnees who may need time to re-acclimatise. For Indian mobility managers and corporate security teams, the episode is a reminder of the importance of country-risk monitoring, alternative routing plans and consular registration for assignees in volatile regions. Companies with expatriate staff in Iran have been advised to review insurance cover, validate exit options via third-country corridors such as Armenia or Georgia, and keep employee data updated with the MEA’s new Global Indian Portal.
If other Indian travellers ever find themselves needing rapid transit permits or emergency visas for Armenia, Georgia or any country along a safe-passage corridor, VisaHQ’s India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) can dramatically cut the turnaround time. The platform walks users through each document requirement, offers real-time status tracking and can even arrange courier pick-ups—an advantage when embassy visits are impractical due to fast-changing security conditions.
The students have been caught on the wrong side of fast-deteriorating security conditions triggered by the Israel-Iran conflict. Commercial flights from the region have been cancelled sporadically, overland transit to Tehran has become risky, and travel insurance for the route has either been withdrawn or made prohibitively expensive. Families back home have been pressing the Indian government for safe-passage options since late February. JKSA national convenor Nasir Khuehami told Hindustan Times that the Association worked with India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Iranian Embassy in Delhi and Indian missions in Tehran and Yerevan to secure the land-transit permits and airline seats. While the MEA has not announced a formal evacuation, officials facilitated the paperwork and advised the students to avoid posting real-time locations on social media. On arrival in Delhi, state authorities will provide onward transport to Srinagar, including chartered AC coaches arranged by the Jammu & Kashmir government so that students can reach their homes quickly and safely. Airlines and universities are also being urged to show flexibility on attendance rules and exam dates for returnees who may need time to re-acclimatise. For Indian mobility managers and corporate security teams, the episode is a reminder of the importance of country-risk monitoring, alternative routing plans and consular registration for assignees in volatile regions. Companies with expatriate staff in Iran have been advised to review insurance cover, validate exit options via third-country corridors such as Armenia or Georgia, and keep employee data updated with the MEA’s new Global Indian Portal.
