Mehbooba urges PM Modi to evacuate J&K students stranded in Iran

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safe return of students from Jammu and Kashmir stranded in Iran and also asked the police to release protesters arrested in Kashmir while participating in rallies against the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei.

In a post on X, Mehbooba wrote: “As the situation rapidly deteriorates in Iran, thousands of students from J&K studying there are currently stranded.”

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She urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his personal intervention to ensure their safe passage home. She also asked the Minister for External Affairs, Dr S. Jaishankar, to initiate evacuation efforts at the earliest.

In another post on X, she wrote: “Scores of protesters, including women, have been arrested across Kashmir for peacefully participating in rallies in the wake of Ayatollah Ali Khameini’s martyrdom. Authorities had assured their families that they would be released soon. But unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case. Urge @JmuKmrPolice to consider their release at the earliest.”