As many as 22 Indonesians arrived in Jakarta late Tuesday as evacuations from Iran continue, according to Indonesia’s foreign minister, who welcomed the group at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport.
As many as 22 Indonesians arrived late Tuesday as evacuations continue, according to Indonesia’s foreign minister, who welcomed the group at Soekarno Hatta international airport. They traveled from Tehran to Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku before securing flights home, Sugiono said.
Roughly 329 Indonesian nationals were in Iran, many of them students based in the city of Qom, and evacuating them required navigating rapidly shifting conditions and logistical constraints, said Sugiono, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.
Evacuee Zulvan Lindan described harrowing moments as he and others sheltered at the Indonesian Embassy in Tehran.
“The situation was terrifying,” Lindan said. “The blasts were so powerful that the embassy’s windows shook.”
Indonesian officials said they will continue communicating with citizens who have opted to remain in Iran, and that more evacuations will depend on updated security assessments.