Around 1,200 people have been evacuated to safety from Iran to Azerbaijan through the Astara border checkpoint. Citizens from China, Europe and South Africa, as well as Russian embassy staff, are among those to have crossed the border since Saturday (28 February).
A previous wave consisted of a group of 50 people from China, Georgia, Italy, Nigeria, Russia, the Philippines and South Africa, explained AnewZ's Gulchin Khojaliyeva. She's been at the border covering the story since the conflict in Iran and surrounding region began on Saturday.
After completing security checks, most of the evacuees were transported by bus to the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. Russian nationals were taken to Lankaran International Airport in southeastern Azerbaijan for onward flights arranged by Moscow.
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