Over 800 Indian nationals have so far returned home from Iran under Operation Sindhu, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Saturday.

The MEA shared the update on the status of the evacuation operations in Iran through a series of posts on its X account.

Further groups of Indian nationals, including students, arrived in Delhi late on Friday evening and during the early hours of Saturday. Their evacuation from Iran became necessary as its military confrontation with Israel intensified. Following this escalation in the Iran-Israel conflict, the Indian government had officially announced the launch of Operation Sindhu on Wednesday, specifically to evacuate its citizens from Iran, news agency PTI reported.