Azerbaijan evacuates 3,505 people from Iran so far

Azerbaijan evacuated a total of 3,505 people from Iran between 08:00 local time on February 28 and 10:00 on April 13, 613 of whom are Azerbaijani citizens.

The evacuees also include 736 citizens of China, 374 of Russia, 294 of India, 198 of Bangladesh, 194 of Tajikistan, 152 of Pakistan, 136 of Iran, 116 of Indonesia, 84 of Oman, 57 of Algeria, 46 of Italy, 30 of Germany, 27 of Canada, 26 of Spain, 25 of France, 21 of Georgia, and 18 each from Saudi Arabia and Japan, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

Others include 17 from Uzbekistan and the United States, 16 from Bahrain, 14 each from Poland and Switzerland, 13 each from Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Belarus, 12 from Hungary, 11 from Mexico, and 10 each from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A further 9 evacuees are from Brazil, 8 each from Sudan and Venezuela, 6 each from Finland, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Belgium, Kyrgyzstan, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

Among others, 5 citizens each were evacuated from Türkiye, Serbia, Sweden, Afghanistan, Austria, Greece and Vietnam; 4 each from Jordan, the Philippines, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Kuwait and the Netherlands; 3 each from Qatar, Croatia, Denmark and Norway; 2 each from Nepal, Lebanon, Yemen, Myanmar, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia and Uruguay.

One citizen each was evacuated from Tunisia, South Africa, the Maldives, Cuba, Vatican City, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Belize and the Dominican Republic.

The evacuations came in the wake of military operations launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.

As a result of the war, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior officials were killed.

Iran subsequently began striking targets in Israel as well as military bases in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq and Cyprus, where US and allied forces are stationed.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov