In the heart of escalating Middle East tensions, around 25 to 30 Indian medical students in Iran’s Isfahan are living in fear. A video plea from Fatima, a student at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, has highlighted their desperate situation. She urges the Indian government to relocate them to safe zones or evacuate them back home until stability returns.
Fatima explained that academic commitments—classes, exams, hospital shifts, and clinical rotations—prevented them from leaving earlier. ‘We wanted to go, but these obligations made staying unavoidable,’ she said. The university has now shifted first- and second-year semesters online, offering flexibility to leave and return for April exams. However, final-year students must report daily for hospital duties.
Conditions are dire. The administration advises staying in dorms and avoiding outings, yet pressures students to vacate current hostels for others. Many are in rented off-campus accommodations, scraping by with limited supplies. Shops are shuttered, online deliveries impossible, and movement restricted. ‘We’re sharing whatever we have,’ Fatima noted, adding that internet disruptions hinder family contact.
Recent explosion sounds near the campus have amplified panic. ‘We don’t feel safe even in hostels,’ she confessed. Families in India, glued to news updates, are equally terrified. The students implore Indian officials for urgent intervention to ensure their security amid this uncertainty.