After 42-Hour Bus Journey, Ugandan Students Cross from Iran to Turkey — Expected Home on Thursday

UPDATE: The list of Ugandan university students returning from Iran as war intensifies has been released.

Students who have been pursuing their studies at the Ahlul Bayt International University were expected to return home at 6pm on March 03, 2026, according to Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, the Minister of state in charge Youth and Children Affairs.

Minister Balaam Barugahara added that this first group of university students returning from Iran had been expected to arrive aboard Ethiopian Airlines.

“Efforts are ongoing to repatriate the remaining 53 students currently studying at QOM University Iran,” the minister added.

Barugahara saluted the Ugandan government and officials from Turkey and Iran for helping in the evacuation of students at Ahlul Bayt International University.

“I extend my sincere appreciation to H.E. the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, through the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of foreign Affairs , and our Embassies in Iran and Turkey for successfully facilitating the return of our young people who were studying at Ahlul Bayt International University,” wrote Balaam Barugahara.

“Thank you once again, Mr. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and all our embassy staff in Iran and Turkey for your dedication and coordination in this important operation. Viva President of Uganda.”

You can read and watch how a Ugandan prophet saw the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei long before it happened Here.

Previously, there were reports of Ugandan students engaging in prostitution in Iran, with a top Museveni aide at the centre of the Iran scholarships scandal, as reported Here and There.