AS MANY AS 250 Indian medical students, mainly from Jammu and Kashmir, stranded in Iran are now at the mercy of the Indian government.
Iran has 245 confirmed cases of infection with the COVID-19 disease, including 26 virus-associated deaths.
Most recently, Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar was tested positive for COVID-19.
Reports said students have emailed a rescue request to the Indian embassy in Tehran. They informed us that they have forwarded it to the Indian government in New Delhi.
Their crisis loomed large as many countries are cancelling flights to Iran.
Indians in Iran mainly depend on connecting flights to fly back home. But, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar Iraq and Turkey have suspended flights to Iran.
India on Thursday (27) brought back 119 Indians and five foreigners who were on board the ship docked off Yokohama in Japan due to coronavirus.
However, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had said on Wednesday that “no decision has been taken to quarantine an area or a city.
The embassy has started an emergency contact mail (indiahelplinetehran@gmail.com) and has set up a mobile number (+98-9128109115) to help citizens stuck in Iran.
The Indian government has advised citizens to refrain from non-essential travel to the Republic of Korea, Iran and Italy.
Clifford had previously denied killing Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters, Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28. (Photo: Hertfordshire Police /Handout via REUTERS)
Man pleads guilty to crossbow murders of BBC presenter’s family
A 26-YEAR-OLD man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to murdering two daughters of a BBC sports commentator and stabbing to death their mother in a crossbow attack.
Kyle Clifford had previously denied killing Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters, Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28.
However, appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court in eastern England, Clifford changed his pleas.
The court heard that Clifford tied up Louise Hunt, his former partner, binding her arms and ankles with duct tape before shooting her in the chest with a crossbow at the family home last July.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of false imprisonment, and two counts of possessing offensive weapons. However, Clifford denied raping Louise.
The murders took place at the family home in the commuter town of Bushey, near Watford, northwest of London.
Clifford was arrested in July following a manhunt after the bodies of the three women were discovered.
(With inputs from AFP)