Azerbaijan evacuates over 3,100 people from Iran amid conflict

Foreign policy

31 March, 2026
12:16

Azerbaijan evacuates over 3,100 people from Iran amid conflict

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Azerbaijan evacuated a total of 3,146 people from Iran between February 28 at 08:00 am and March 31 at 10:00 am, according to data, Report informs.

Among those evacuated, 551 were Azerbaijani citizens, while the majority were foreign nationals from dozens of countries.

The evacuation followed the outbreak of military operations on February 28, when the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran. The escalation led to retaliatory actions by Iran targeting multiple locations across the region, prompting urgent evacuations.

Evacuated persons by nationality

Country	Number of evacuees
Azerbaijan	551
China	728
Russia	354
Bangladesh	198
India	196
Tajikistan	187
Pakistan	148
Oman	84
Indonesia	68
Iran	61
Algeria	55
Italy	44
Spain	26
Canada	25
Germany	24
France	19
Georgia	19
Saudi Arabia	18
Japan	18
Uzbekistan	16
Bahrain	16
Poland	14
Switzerland	14
Nigeria	13
Kazakhstan	13
Hungary	12
Mexico	11
United States	11
Belarus	11
United Kingdom	10
Bulgaria	10
DR Congo	10
Brazil	9
Sudan	8
Venezuela	7
Slovakia	6
Belgium	6
Romania	6
UAE	6

Additional evacuees included smaller groups ranging from five to one person from countries such as Türkiye, Serbia, Sweden, Australia, Ukraine, Qatar, Norway, Nepal, and others.