Amethi/Mainpuri (UP), March 2 Several people, including four students, from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi are stranded in Iran following the attack on the Islamic nation by the US and Israel, police said on Monday.
All those stranded are residents of Bhanauli village in the Musafirkhana area of the Amethi district, the officials said.
However, in Israel, three brothers from the Mainpuri district, who had gone to the country for work in 2024, are safe and continuing their jobs, their family members and officials said.
Several Indians, including natives of Uttar Pradesh, are currently in Israel, Iran and other parts of West Asia, with their families back home raising concerns regarding their safety amid a widening conflict in the region.
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed the Islamic nation's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures. Iran, in retaliation, fired drones and missiles at Israel and US military installations around the Gulf, and also at the global business hub of Dubai.
According to police in Amethi, four students -- Kunail, 18, Syed Imam Ali, 20, Mohammad Aamir, 25, and Taraheer Fatima, 25 -- along with Sadaf, 30, Musaithyab, 35, Nusrat Hussain, 55, and their families are stuck in the Iranian city of Qom.
Ali's father, Israr, said that he had a brief conversation with his son on March 1.
"He (Ai) said that we are in Qom city, but there is no talk of war right now. He then disconnected the call and since then, there has been no contact," Israr said.
He also urged the Centre to bring back all the people stranded in Iran safely to India.
Musafirkhana SHO Vivek Singh said that the report has been sent to the higher authorities and a team are in constant touch with the families.
In Israel, the three men, Akash Jatav, 32, a resident of Gadiya Kusma Khera village in Mainpuri district, told