Indonesian citizens evacuated from Iran thanks to the government: now safe

Jakarta – Indonesian citizen (WNI) who arrived from Iran after the evacuation in the country expressed his gratitude to the government. Students who study at Mustofa International University Iran, Ali Murtado (20), are safe to get into the country. “Especially for the Indonesian government, thank you. We feel safe now and arrive safely in Indonesia,” he said on Terminal 3 on Tuesday (6/24/2025), Searcharno Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten. Ali told me a tense moment when the Iranian and Israeli war warmed up. Ali said the attack took place in the capital of Iran, Tehran. Browse to continue with the content “I was in Tehran, where in the building of the Indonesian embassy. I stayed there last night and the circumstances were quite tense because there was an attack from Israel for a while and stopped a few moments and sometimes continued,” Ali said. Nevertheless, Ali said the attacks that entered the location did not touch the land. He said the Israeli attack could be driven by Iran’s drone. “But no one came in, I saw yesterday, no one entered the ground. When I entered the ground because the attack by Iran drone was successfully ignored,” Ali said. Ali said he lived in Qom, the city did not get an attack from Israel. It is precisely in Tehran that the tense state occurs when Indonesian citizens gather to be evacuated. “When I live in Qom, there is no attack, but when I look at Tehran, because the people of Tehran are mostly out of Tehran, maybe they are afraid, because there is an attack there every night,” Ali said. Ali explained the evacuation process of Tehran to the border of Iran-azerbaijan with the help of land transport. After arriving at Baku, Azerbaijan, they went to Istanbul and used a plane to come to RI. Ali unveiled during the war in Iran, internet access was interrupted. He admitted that he could only communicate with family and see the latest news when he arrived in Azerbaijan. “Because there was a decision from the internet. We can’t get news from Iran. When it was cut off, it was difficult. I could be information with the family and get information after being in Azerbaijan,” he added. (DWR/RFS) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here