Close to 650 Indian nationals have returned home from Iran via land border crossings in Armenia and Azerbaijan, the external affairs ministry said. The group included 284 Indians who had gone to Iran on pilgrimage.
The Indians, who were scattered in different parts of Iran, had to take land routes to Armenia and Azerbaijan due to the closure of Iranian airspace since the start of the war on February 28.
Earlier, hundreds of Indian nationals, most of them students, were moved from Tehran to safer locations. About 9,000 Indians were in Iran at the start of the hostilities.
The Indian embassy in Tehran remains "fully functional" despite difficulties, and is also in contact with Indian seafarers and fishermen who are in the country.
