More than 2,800 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Since February 28, 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. A total of 2,853 people have been allowed to cross the Iranian-Azerbaijani border.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," as of March 14, 2,360 people, including 300 Russian citizens, were evacuated across the Iranian-Azerbaijani land border.

Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East (from 8:00 on February 28 to 10:00 on March 20), 2,853 citizens of 75 countries, including 470 citizens of Azerbaijan, have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, Report reported today.

Of the citizens of foreign countries who crossed the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, 720 were citizens of China, 323 - Russia, 195 - Bangladesh, 184 - Tajikistan, 148 - Pakistan, 122 - India, 72 - Oman, 68 - Indonesia, 49 - Iran, 44 - Italy, 28 - Algeria, 26 - Spain, 23 - Germany, 20 - Canada, 19 - : France, 18 from Saudi Arabia, 17 from Japan, 16 from Georgia, 14 from Uzbekistan, 13 each from Poland, Switzerland, and Nigeria, 12 each from Hungary and Bahrain, 11 each from Kazakhstan and Mexico, 10 each from the United Kingdom, Belarus, Bulgaria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 9 from the United States, 8 each from Brazil and Sudan, 6 each from Slovakia, Belgium, Romania, and the UAE.

In addition, among the evacuees: 5 each from Serbia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, and Greece; 4 each from Jordan, the Philippines, Turkey, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Finland, and the Netherlands; 3 each from Qatar, Croatia, Denmark, and Norway; Two each from Nepal, Lebanon, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus, and Slovenia.

One citizen each from Tunisia, South Africa, the Maldives, Myanmar, Cuba, the Vatican, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Egypt, Belize, and the Dominican Republic was also evacuated, the report states.

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 Impact of the Military Conflict with Iran on the Caucasus."

On March 5, four people were injured in a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Ilham Aliyev called the attack a "deliberate terrorist act by Iran," and the Azerbaijani army was put on alert.

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials on the impact of military operations in Iran on the Caucasus on the thematic page "Iran: War is Near."