'At present there might be at least 500 Indians stuck in Iran for various reasons and we have no idea when they will come back.'
Two Indian seafarers stranded without passports on a cargo ship in Iran's port city of Bushehr since 2019, have been released after the Indian embassy in Teheran issued travel documents, the Maritime Union of India (MUI) said on Friday. The claim made by the MUI could not be independently verified.
Russian authorities on Wednesday resumed search operation for 10 missing sailors, including four Indians.
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