Updated On: 02 March, 2026 12:14 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif Rizvi
Hundreds of medical students stuck in Iran fear for their lives, while their families plead with the Indian government for evacuations

People watch from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Hundreds of Indian students, many in final year of MBBS, remain in Iran amid rising regional tensions, disrupted internet, market shutdowns, and suspended flights after the February 28 joint US-Israel strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

People mourn the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. PIC/AFP