'ہمیں یقین نہیں تھا کہ گھر پہنچ سکیں گے'، آپریشن سندھو کے تحت ایران سے پہلا قافلہ کشمیر پہنچا

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طلبہ کے والدین نے اپنے بچوں کی واپسی پر اطمینان کی سانس لی اور خوشی کا اظہار کیا۔

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00:01We are joined by aspiring medical students who have been evacuated from Iran by the government

00:09of India under Operation Sindhu today.

00:12We have with us an aspiring doctor, Sabah Rasool from Sirianagar, who returned to her

00:19home today.

00:20Thank you for joining us, Sabah.

00:23Thank you so much for having me.

00:25So, how much time it took you to reach Kashmir?

00:29It took us approximately four days.

00:33So, can you explain to our viewers how you were evacuated?

00:38What was the process?

00:39First of all, when the attack started, we didn't take it seriously.

00:44We were like, it will, you know, situation will get better in a few days.

00:48But unfortunately, things got escalated.

00:51And then we were in contact with the embassy.

00:54They asked for our details.

00:56Parents here were protesting for the evacuation.

01:01But they said that till they don't get any orders from the MEA, they can't do anything.

01:07So, we were waiting and we were fine.

01:10Iranian government helped us a lot.

01:14Our university officials helped us a lot.

01:17So, the thing that, when the thing started accelerating, they said we are going to relocate you, not evacuate.

01:24We said where?

01:25In our minds, it was Turkey.

01:27Because we are very near to Turkish border.

01:29They said no, it will be Armenia.

01:31We were very hesitant.

01:33So, when did you shift to Armenia?

01:37It was on 16th.

01:38They told us this on 15th.

01:40At about this time in Iran, we got the call from the embassy.

01:44They said that we want you guys to pack your necessary stuff.

01:48We said why?

01:49Because they didn't say you are evacuating.

01:52They said we are relocating you guys.

01:54We said we are to Turkey.

01:55They said no to Armenia.

01:56And we were like, okay, fine, relocation.

01:59Maybe one week we will spend there and then we will be back in Iran.

02:03Because till then, hopefully, the situation will be fine.

02:06But it wasn't.

02:07You know, but the things happened the other way.

02:10So, our evacuation was supposed to be at 6 in the morning.

02:15But that couldn't happen because we had some work in the university.

02:19Eventually, we left the Urmia at about, I guess, 11.

02:23And we reached the Armenian border at about 5.

02:27We had the officials of Indian Embassy from Tehran with us to the Armenian border.

02:34And when they left us at Armenian border, then the Indian Embassy of Armenia officers came from there.

02:42They took us from there.

02:43They did all the visa work, all the things they did for us, which was necessary.

02:48But still, we had to wait there for about 8 hours.

02:51It wasn't their mistake.

02:53It was because they had due to documentation with Armenia and other things.

02:57So, ultimately, they said that we are going to take you near to the embassy,

03:02where Indian Embassy and all the embassy in Armenia, in the capital city of Armenia, are located.

03:08We were taken there.

03:09It took us nearly 12 hours by bus.

03:11And then, we were staying there.

03:13We thought, okay, we are here for one week.

03:16But the arrangements were very good.

03:18We were surprised by the arrangements.

03:20We haven't expected that arrangements will be this good.

03:25So, at night, one of the officers from the Indian Embassy came.

03:30He said that, guys, you have to pack your things.

03:33Your things are already packed.

03:34You are leaving tomorrow.

03:36We said, why?

03:37Aren't we just relocated?

03:39Why is the evacuation happening?

03:40He said, no, as you guys are seeing, the situation in Tehran is worsening day by day.

03:47And, Foreign Ministry of Tehran as well as MEA and the Central Government of India wants you back in India.

03:55You guys can't stay here anymore.

03:58So, we just did these things.

04:00And, Indigo was our aircraft.

04:04Indigo came.

04:05They landed in Armenia at about, I guess, 10 in the morning.

04:09And, at 3, we departed from Armenia.

04:12And, we reached India today at 4 a.m.

04:16And, when we reached India, till then, our journey was very smooth.

04:20We were fine.

04:21We were welcomed by the officials.

04:23Did you explain to us the situation in Tehran?

04:26Especially, where were you placed in Tehran?

04:29Yeah, we are actually in the West Azerbaijan province.

04:33Not in Tehran.

04:35In Iran.

04:36It's like a separate.

04:37Like, we have states.

04:38They have provinces.

04:39We are in West Azerbaijan province.

04:41And, the capital city of that is Urmia.

04:43And, I'm from the Urmia University of Medical Sciences.

04:47So, one attack first happened.

04:50It happened outside the children's hospital.

04:53In Urmia.

04:54In Urmia, yeah.

04:55Fortunately, all the children were safe.

04:57But, some locals died.

04:59And, many others were injured.

05:01And, another attack happened at the airport.

05:04And, another attack happened at about 3 a.m. in the night.

05:08We felt like that.

05:10Okay.

05:11We have missile on our dormitory.

05:13It felt like that.

05:15So, yeah.

05:16The things were like that.

05:18And, you were all Kashmiri students?

05:20No.

05:21We were Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Iraqis.

05:24We have an international dormitory.

05:26Where the internationals are living.

05:28So, our Iraqis left before us.

05:31Because, for them, the land border was open.

05:33Then, the Pakistanis got the permission to get out of Iran.

05:38To go out of Iran via land borders.

05:41And, at the end, we got permission.

05:43But, we don't have land border with Iran.

05:46So, we have to be airlifted.

05:48So, it was like that.

05:50But, we were still hesitant to leave Iran.

05:52We didn't really wanted to.

05:54Why was it that you were hesitant to leave Iran?

05:56We were hesitant.

05:57Yeah.

05:58Wart on Iran.

05:59Because, we have been there for 4 years.

06:01We have seen people of Iran.

06:03We know how they are.

06:04They are resilient.

06:05They are hospitality.

06:06You can see nowhere in the hospitality in the world.

06:10Like, Iranian hospitality.

06:11Like, they will do anything for you.

06:13So, we know that.

06:15We knew that.

06:16How they are.

06:17We were like, okay.

06:18We are gonna leave.

06:19We are gonna go to our homes.

06:20What about them?

06:21They are gonna, like, suffer.

06:23We wanted to.

06:24We were like, okay.

06:25If we can, like, help them in any way possible.

06:27We want to help them.

06:28But, embassy didn't allow that.

06:30They said, no.

06:31You all have to leave.

06:32We are.

06:33What help could you have provided to Iran?

06:35Like, maybe to injured or in any way.

06:38In any way.

06:39We were ready to help in any way.

06:41It wasn't just like, we are in clinicals.

06:43We can do some, you know, things.

06:45We can provide some basic medical care aid.

06:49We were ready to help in any way.

06:51But.

06:52What was the situation outside on the road?

06:54The situation outside on the road, no one was actually on the road.

06:57Roads were empty.

06:58It was first time.

07:00It was actually the occasion of Ede Gadeer.

07:03Which is like, you know, the biggest holiday in Iran.

07:06And.

07:07But roads were empty.

07:08Shops were closed.

07:09No one was there.

07:10As if like, whole Steve was dead.

07:12And it was like, all over the Iran.

07:14So everything was like that.

07:16And what was like, your regular supplies?

07:18Like, were the food or the water?

07:21We had food.

07:23We had few supermarkets which were open.

07:25But apart from that, if we needed anything which wasn't available, our university officials

07:30used to get that for us.

07:32Even one night, that was very terrible.

07:34When that 3 a.m. attack happened, one of our university officials, actually our dormitory

07:40official, he stayed in our dormitory for the night.

07:42He said, I will be with you guys so that you don't feel alone.

07:46So this was like the situation.

07:47That's why we were hesitant to leave Iran.

07:49Because we know how they are.

07:51And we really respect them and love them.

07:55And what can we say about their leader?

07:57We just love them.

07:58We just love him.

07:59So that was about it.

08:01So this was one of the students.

08:04Among the wanting students who were evacuated from Iran to India this morning.

08:11Maudul Mohamed, 4E TV, Ibarat, in Sirinagar.

08:16So that was about this weekend.

08:18There we go.

08:19There we go.

08:20Well it's been out.

08:21Where are we going?

08:22I mean, I'll be back here.

08:23Well, I'm going to see a little bit.

08:24But now, see a lot of the time it's been on to India and there.

08:26But since then, I'm coming back.

'ہمیں یقین نہیں تھا کہ گھر پہنچ سکیں گے'، آپریشن سندھو کے تحت ایران سے پہلا قافلہ کشمیر پہنچا

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