PTI
New Delhi, Updated At : 04:06 PM Mar 03, 2026 IST
Another day brought more anxiety as parents and family members waited for updates about the safety of their children stuck in Iran.
As the situation escalates, parents appealed to the Indian government to evacuate their children at the earliest.
For 30-year-old Altaf Khan of Srinagar, Tuesday began with checking his phone for news about his sister. “My sister, Sobia, is a first-year medical student in Tehran. We were able to connect with her yesterday for a couple of minutes and the fear was evident in her voice. She told us that sirens have been going off frequently and that they could hear loud explosions near their campus,” Khan said. He added that his parents have neither been eating nor sleeping and that the constant anxiety has been very taxing on the family. “My sister is only 19. I cannot imagine what she must be feeling, how scared she must be,” he said.
Another parent, 44-year-old Aafroza of Srinagar, urged the government to evacuate students immediately. She said she spoke briefly with her daughter on Monday, who is a third-year medical student in Tehran, and was told they were running out of food and other necessities. “Movement outside the campus has become very risky, with the escalated security concerns,” Aafroza said. She added that other countries had already evacuated their students and that families in India are “living every second in fear” and constantly glued to their phones for updates. Aafroza had not been able to connect with her daughter by Tuesday afternoon.
Mohammad Momin Khan, national representative of the All India Medical Students Association (AIMSA), said Indian students relocated from Tehran have safely reached Qom as part of precautionary arrangements. “The movement was carried out in coordination with the Embassy of India in Tehran to ensure the safety and well-being of all students,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday postponed Class 10 and 12 board exams scheduled for March 5 and 6 in parts of the Middle East amid the Iran-Israel conflict. “Due to the current situation in parts of the Middle East — Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE – the board has decided to postpone Class 10, 12 exams on March 5 (Thursday) and March 6 (Friday),” CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said.
Earlier, India had advised its nationals in Iran to exercise utmost caution and remain indoors as far as possible after fresh military strikes by the US and Israel heightened security concerns in the Persian Gulf nation.
