Indian mountaineer Falguni Dey’s June 18 photo of foreigners waiting to leave Iran through the transit office in Astara, an Iranian town bordering Azerbaijan.- COURTESY OF FALGUNI DEY
BENGALURU/BEIJING: Mountaineer Falguni Dey’s solo expedition to Asia’s highest volcanic summit, Mount Damavand, in Iran has turned into a battle for survival, as the 40-year-old tries to find a way to leave the country now battered by Israel’s missile strikes.
A blizzard had forced him to descend from the summit on June 10. Returning to the capital Teheran, he was shocked to find a bombed city and Iranian airspace closed.
