India asks citizens to leave Iran amid fresh Israeli strikes
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The Indian embassy in Iran on Monday advised Indian citizens to leave the country “by available means” amid fresh strikes by Israel.
The embassy also reiterated its earlier advice that Indians should not travel to Iran.
The statement by the Indian diplomatic mission came amid a second round of strikes in Iran on Monday.
A large blast was heard in central Tehran, AFP reported. It was followed by repeated explosions, which the news agency said were believed to be from Iranian air defence systems in the capital.
The Iranian military claimed that it had “shot down a hostile enemy drone” over Tehran, state-run news agency Mehr reported.
The Mehrabad airport in Tehran and the Kermanshah airport cancelled all flights “until further notice”, Al Jazeera reported.
Earlier in the day, Israel said that it had struck military targets in western and central Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s missile strike on the country. This was the first bombardment since a ceasefire took effect on April 8.
The strikes came despite reports that United States President Donald Trump had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.
Hours earlier, Trump had said that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect his administration’s peace talks with Tehran, adding that Netanyahu “does not call the shots”, Reuters reported.
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