Three Indians who had travelled to Iran - from Punjab's Sangrur, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar - are missing, the Indian Embassy in Tehran has confirmed, adding that efforts are on to trace them "urgently".

The three missing men have been identified as: Hushanpreet Singh (Sangrur), Jaspal Singh (SBS Nagar) and Amritpal Singh (Hoshiarpur). They all went missing on May 1, shortly after landing in Tehran.