SRINAGAR (KIMS) — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene to ensure the safe evacuation of students from Jammu and Kashmir stranded in Iran amid the deteriorating situation there.
In a post on X, the former chief minister said thousands of students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in Iran are currently stranded due to the escalating crisis.
“As the situation rapidly deteriorates in Iran thousands of students from J&K studying there are currently stranded. Urge PM Narendra Modi ji for his personal intervention to ensure their safe passage home,” Mufti said.
She also appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to initiate evacuation efforts at the earliest.
Mufti’s appeal comes amid growing concern among families of students studying in Iranian universities as tensions in the region continue to escalate. — (KIMS)