Indian Embassy has advised Indian nationals and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who can move out of Tehran using their own resources to move to a safe location outside the city.

In another post on X, Indian Embassy stated, “All Indian Nationals and PIOs who can move out of Tehran using their own resources, are advised to move to a safe location outside the City.

Earlier in the day, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that a 24×7 Control Room has been established in MEA considering ongoing developments in Iran and Israel.

The conflict between Israel and Iran is in its fifth day, with both sides trading missile strikes. Civilians in key areas face waves of attacks.  Last week, Israel launched a massive airstrike on Iranian military and nuclear sites, in a military operation, named “Operation Rising Lion,” in response to which Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israeli cities.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on social media platform X, that Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival,” adding that the mission would continue “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”

Iranian News Agency IRNA said that the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), in response to the Israeli aggression, has launched a large-scale drone and missile operation targeting Israeli fighter jet fuel production facilities and energy supply centres. Called “Operation True Promise 3,” the strikes were conducted in direct retaliation against Israeli aggression.