• Source:JND

India on Monday issued an advisory, cautioning citizens and urging them to avoid non-essential travel to Iran's Trehan amid ongoing unrest and protests. Iran is currently witnessing escalating protests across multiple cities with demonstrators expressing anger against the government and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

As per the advisory, Indians are advised to avoid non-essential travel to Iran until further notice. “Indian citizens and PIOs currently in Iran should exercise due caution, avoid areas of protests or demonstrations, and closely monitor news as well as the website and social media handles of the Embassy of India in Tehran," the advisory said.

The advisory also urged Indian nationals settled in Iran on resident-visas to register with the Indian Embassy.

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The unrest in Iran, ongoing since last week, has seen protesters storm government buildings, clash with security forces, and voice widespread demands for change.

In Fasa, south-central Iran, protesters attacked the local governor’s office, breaking part of the door and glass. Hamed Ostovar, head of Fasa’s judiciary, said four suspects were arrested and three police officers were injured during the intervention. Video footage shows crowds hurling objects at the complex and chanting slogans such as “Death to the Dictator” and “Proud Arakis, support, support.”

Security forces responded with water cannons, tear gas, and gunfire in cities including Nahavand, Asadabad, Hamadan, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Tehran. In Babol, locals prevented authorities from detaining a protester, while in Tehran, University of Tehran student leader Sarira Karimi was reportedly detained during a home raid, with her whereabouts currently unknown. Authorities confirmed that a 21-year-old member of the Basij militia from Kouhdasht was killed while attempting to maintain order.

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Support for the protesters has emerged from both domestic and international figures. Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid highlighted poor living conditions and political stagnation as drivers of the unrest. Renowned filmmaker Jafar Panahi described the demonstrations as a popular uprising aimed at “pushing history forward.”

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Friday issued a sharp warning to Iran, saying the United States would intervene if Iranian authorities used lethal force against peaceful protesters, as demonstrations over economic hardship spread across multiple provinces in the country.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that Washington was closely monitoring the situation in Iran and would respond decisively if protesters were violently suppressed. “If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he wrote.


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