The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 3,100.

Since the outbreak of hostilities in Iran, more than 3,100 people have been evacuated to Azerbaijan, including 551 Azerbaijani citizens, 354 Russians, and 19 Georgian citizens.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by March 23, 2,949 citizens of 76 countries had been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, including 488 Azerbaijani citizens.

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From February 28 to 10:00 [09:00 Moscow time] on March 31, 3,146 people were evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, including 551 Azerbaijani citizens, 354 Russian citizens and 19 Georgian citizens, APA reports.

In addition, among those evacuated, 728 were citizens of China, 198 citizens of Bangladesh, 196 - of India, 187 - of Tajikistan, 148 - of Pakistan, 84 - of Oman, 68 from Indonesia, 61 from Iran, 55 from Algeria, 44 from Italy, 26 from Spain, 25 from Canada, 24 from Germany, 19 from France, 18 from Saudi Arabia, as well as citizens of other countries, Trend reports.

As a reminder, on February 28, Israel and the United States began striking Iran. 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 "The Main Impact of the Military Conflict with Iran on the Caucasus".

On March 5, four people were injured in a drone strike on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. 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 escalate the conflict with its neighbor, Baku analysts noted.

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.