The rescue of 5 Nepalis in Iranian prison is yet to be decided
The Indian Embassy is going to rescue 11 of the 16 Nepalis in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on Sunday. The embassy along with its citizens will take them to Mashhad via Qom by bus from Tehran at 7 am. Mashad is a border town near Iran's northern neighbor Turkmenistan.
According to Hari Thapa, who is in Tehran, a place has been designated for 11 Nepalis to gather on Sunday morning. It has been said that they will take us to Mashad from there. We will probably fly to India from Mashad,” he said. It takes two and a half hours to get from Tehran to Qom by bus. From there it takes about 12 hours to reach Mashad. Officials of the Indian Embassy are rescuing their citizens in Mashhad and sending them home.
According to Thapa, after the Israel-Iran conflict escalated, seven Nepalis left Tehran and reached Rust in the northern region on Wednesday. They have returned to Tehran after receiving the news that they will be rescued. Rust is located at a distance of 319 km from Tehran. Hari Thapa of Udaipur, his son Utsav Thapa and his wife Gayatri Karki Thapa are preparing to go to Mashhad from Tehran on Sunday. Similarly, Bishnu Bhusal, Buddhisagar Paudel, Ganesh Pokheral, Suman Gayre, Bishnuprasad Banjade, Yagya Marasini, Raju Khanal and Shivprasad Bhattarai of Lalitpur are also going to Mashhad. They were working in various embassies and Iranian restaurants in Tehran.
Ganesh Pokharel, who has been working as a safe in an Iranian restaurant for 16 years, said that he had already booked a ticket for June 1 to go home on vacation, but had to stop two days later after Israel attacked him. Even now, the place where I live is safe. The attack happening here is known only by watching it on TV. People are walking outside. From time to time, the sound of missiles is heard.'
It is not certain when the 5 Nepalis who are in Iranian prison will be rescued. In order to proceed with their rescue process, the Nepali Embassy in Doha, Qatar has already sent the travel documents of 3 people. The travel documents of Dangka Gobind Dangi, Madan Dangi and Pushkar Khatri from the Nepali Embassy in Doha have been sent. Two others Mahesh Dangi and Balkrishna Khadka have passports. All five of them were arrested by the police just a month and a half ago for violating Iran's residency laws. The court has already issued an order to bring them back to their country.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested the Government of India to rescue Nepali citizens in Iran. Following the request of the Nepalese government, the Indian Embassy in Tehran announced the phone numbers to contact them, stating that they would assist in the rescue.
