The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 2,900.
Since the outbreak of hostilities in Iran, more than 2,900 people have been evacuated to Azerbaijan, including 486 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 17 Georgian citizens.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by March 20, 2,853 citizens of 75 countries had been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, including 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens.
Due to hostilities in Iran, bus routes through that country between Baku and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic have been suspended. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry recommended that citizens refrain from visiting Iran and Israel. From February 28 to 10:00 [09:00 Moscow time] on March 22, 2,921 people were evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. Among them are 486 citizens of Azerbaijan, 323 citizens of Russia and 17 citizens of Georgia, APA reports.
In addition, among the evacuees there are 722 citizens of China, 198 - Bangladesh, 187 - Tajikistan, 148 - Pakistan, 142 - India, 80 - Oman, 68 - Indonesia, 53 - Iran, 44 - Italy, 30 - Algeria, 26 - Spain, 23 - Germany, 22 - Canada, 19 - France, 18 citizens each of Saudi Arabia and Japan, 15 - Uzbekistan, 13 citizens of Poland, Sweden and Nigeria, 12 each of Hungary and Bahrain, 11 each of Kazakhstan, Mexico and the United States, 10 each of the United Kingdom, Belarus, Bulgaria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 each of Brazil and Sudan, 6 each of the United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Belgium and Romania, Trend reports today.
Also among those evacuated are five citizens each of Serbia, the Czech Republic, Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, and Greece; four citizens each of Jordan, the Philippines, Turkey, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Finland, and the Netherlands; three citizens each of Qatar, Croatia, Denmark, and Norway; two citizens each of Nepal, Lebanon, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus, and Slovenia; and one citizen each of Tunisia, South Africa, the Maldives, Myanmar, Cuba, the Vatican, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Egypt, Belize, and the Dominican Republic, the agency writes.
As a reminder, on February 28, Israel and the United States began strikes on Iran. Donald Trump announced the start of a large-scale military operation. In response, Iran launched attacks on Israel, American military facilities, and civilian targets in the Middle East, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The Main Impact of the Military Conflict with Iran on the Caucasus."
On March 5, a drone strike on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic injured four people. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called the attack "a deliberate terrorist act by Iran." However, on March 8, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian assured Aliyev that Iran had nothing to do with the attack. Following this, Azerbaijani authorities lifted restrictions on the transport of goods across the border with Iran, and on March 10, 30 tons of humanitarian aid were sent from Baku to Iran.
The brief suspension of transport between Azerbaijan and Iran did not have time to lead to consequences, and the reason for lifting the restrictions was Baku's reluctance to exacerbate the conflict with its neighbor, Baku analysts noted.
The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials on the impact of military action in Iran on the Caucasus on the thematic page "Iran: War is Near". The "Caucasian Knot" also published a chronicle of the war in Iran.