The number of Azerbaijani and Russian citizens evacuated from Iran has increased.

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In the past 24 hours, 28 people crossed the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, including two Azerbaijani citizens and two citizens of the Russian Federation.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", as of March 22, 2,921 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, including 486 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 17 Georgian citizens.

As of March 23, a total of 2,949 citizens of 76 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. Another 19 people left Iran in the past 24 hours, Oxu.az reports.

According to authorities, 488 Azerbaijani citizens are among those evacuated. The day before, the number was 486. The number of Russian citizens evacuated also increased to 325. Also, 16 Indian citizens, three Swedish citizens, and citizens of Iran and Myanmar crossed the border through the Astara checkpoint in the past 24 hours.

Chinese citizens continue to lead the evacuation list with 722.

As a reminder, Israel and the United States began striking Iran on February 28. Donald Trump announced the start of a large-scale military operation. In response, Iran began shelling Israel, American military facilities, and civilian targets in the Middle East, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Key Issues on the 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.