More than 2 thousand citizens of 75 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan to this day

Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East (from 8:00 AM on February 28 to 10:00 AM on March 20), 2,853 citizens of 75 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

As reported by BAKU.WS, of the total number of evacuees, 470 are citizens of Azerbaijan.

According to the data, the following have been evacuated: 720 citizens of China, 323 - Russia, 195 - Bangladesh, 184 - Tajikistan, 148 - Pakistan, 122 - India, 72 - Oman, 68 - Indonesia, 49 - Iran, 44 - Italy, 28 - Algeria, 26 - Spain, 23 - Germany, 20 - Canada, 19 - France, 18 - Saudi Arabia, 17 - Japan, 16 - Georgia, 14 - Uzbekistan, 13 each - Poland, Switzerland, and Nigeria, 12 each - Hungary and Bahrain, 11 each - Kazakhstan and Mexico, 10 citizens each - the United Kingdom, Belarus, Bulgaria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 9 - the USA, 8 each - Brazil and Sudan, 6 each - Slovakia, Belgium, Romania, and the UAE.

In addition, among the evacuees: 5 citizens each - Serbia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, and Greece; 4 each - Jordan, the Philippines, Turkey, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Finland, and the Netherlands; 3 each - Qatar, Croatia, Denmark, and Norway; 2 each - Nepal, Lebanon, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus, and Slovenia.

Also evacuated were one citizen each from Tunisia, South Africa, the Maldives, Myanmar, Cuba, the Vatican, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Egypt, Belize, and the Dominican Republic.

As a reminder, on February 28, the USA and Israel launched a military operation against Iran. As a result, the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a number of high-ranking officials were killed. Following this, the evacuation of foreign citizens from Iran to Azerbaijan began through the "Astara" border crossing point.

Qalereya