Coronavirus: Indian Man Calls for Rescue of 2000 Indians Stuck in Iran

Tehran| India has brought back its 58 citizens from Iran and the government was working with Iranian authorities to operate some limited commercial flights for facilitating the early return of the remaining Indians after testing them: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said while making a statement in Rajya Sabha on the Indians stranded due to restrictions placed in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.

India on Wednesday suspended all tourist visas until April 15 and said it would quarantine travellers arriving from seven virus-hit countries as it attempts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.

The move comes as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, and as countries worldwide scramble to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Meanwhile, Kayvann Shah from Mumbai who was visiting Iran for trade purposes has appealed to the Indian government to rescue them.
“The coronavirus/covid-19 – that started from the Chinese city of Wuhan has left no one untouched ( at least mentally and emotionally – may it be fear, uncertainty, care, remorse, losses of job and work or business). For some, it is far worse, like my friend Kayvann Shah, for him and 2000 like him it is a feeling of helplessness from themselves, hopelessness from the Indian Embassy Tehran, Iran and fear of death from not just the virus but abandonment and despair from the very land they love and defend,” said a friend of the man stuck in Iran in a press release.

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Kayvann is a businessman from Mumbai who keeps visiting Iran for his trade-in Kesar, this year, unfortunately, his senior citizen parents also travelled with him.

The Press release explains the situation in the virus-hit nation as “People are stuck in Iran with their families and friends, with limited basic means.”

The release claims that there is no constructive response from the Embassy.

The Indians stuck in Iran are waiting for commercial or Indian Airlines.

The number of COVID-19 cases in India – which has a population of 1.3 billion – has doubled to 73 in the past four days, increasing public fear and the government’s state of alert.

Many of the cases have been blamed on Indians who have travelled or worked in badly hit countries in Europe and the Middle East.

The visa decision was reached following a meeting of ministers led by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, the statement read.

The government also “strongly advised” Indians against non-essential foreign travel, warning that they can be subjected “to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days.”