Uganda Evacuates 43 Students from Iran as Middle East Hostilities Escalate.
The Ugandan government has successfully evacuated at least 43 students who had been stranded in Iran after hostilities in the Middle East escalated dramatically.The students, who had been studying in universities in Tehran, were transported by road to the Türkiye-Iran border and are currently under the care of Uganda’s embassy in Ankara.Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Vincent Bagiire confirmed the evacuation on Monday, describing it as a swift and coordinated response.“We had around 43 students in universities in Tehran that the embassy quickly organised and took them by road to the Turkish-Iran border where they were received by our mission in Ankara,” Bagiire said.
