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The Embassy stated that it has taken up the matter with Iranian authorities and has requested urgent efforts to trace the missing individuals
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The Indian Embassy in Tehran on Wednesday said that three Indian nationals have gone missing in Iran after their families informed the Embassy about them.
The Embassy stated that it has taken up the matter with Iranian authorities and has requested urgent efforts to trace the missing individuals and ensure their safety.
The statement was issued in an official post on social media platform X.
“Family members of 3 Indian citizens have informed the Embassy of India that their relatives are missing after having traveled to Iran. The Embassy has strongly taken up this matter with the Iranian authorities, and requested that the missing Indians should be urgently traced and their safety should be ensured,” the Embassy stated.
We are also keeping the family- members regularly updated of the efforts being made by the Embassy,” the post added.
Besides the notification, the Embassy did not provide details about the missing individuals.
However, according to an NDTV report, the three youths are from Punjab. They have been identified as Hushanpreet Singh (Sangrur), Jaspal Singh (SBS Nagar), and Amritpal Singh (Hoshiarpur). All three went missing on May 1, shortly after arriving in Tehran.
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