{"id":323466,"date":"2026-03-05T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:00:26","slug":"first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#8216;biggest of its kind&#8217; #iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6N3YTMQD_-k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6N3YTMQD_-k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister has announced that the first charter flight from Oman has taken off.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged that people across the UK are \u2018worried sick\u2019 about their family and friends in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government \u2018will not stop\u2019 until British citizens are safe and recognised the operation to repatriate people is \u2018many times bigger\u2019 than the evacuation from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister has announced that the first charter flight from Oman has taken off. In a press conference, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged that people across the UK are \u2018worried sick\u2019 about their family and friends in the Middle East. He said the government \u2018will not stop\u2019 until British citizens are safe and recognised the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":323467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[129514,129006,129005],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-323466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-announced","tag-minister","tag-prime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#039;biggest of its kind&#039; #iran | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#039;biggest of its kind&#039; #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#039;biggest of its kind&#039; #iran | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#039;biggest of its kind&#039; #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6N3YTMQD_-k\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#8216;biggest of its kind&#8217; #iran\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-902.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"announced\",\"minister\",\"prime\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/\",\"name\":\"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-902.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-902.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-902.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#8216;biggest of its kind&#8217; #iran\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6N3YTMQD_-k\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#8216;biggest of its kind&#8217; #iran","datePublished":"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/"},"wordCount":145,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-902.jpg","keywords":["announced","minister","prime"],"articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/","name":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-902.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-05T18:00:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation 'biggest of its kind' #iran for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-902.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-902.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/first-repatriation-flight-departs-as-starmer-calls-evacuation-operation-biggest-of-its-kind-iran\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First repatriation flight departs as Starmer calls evacuation operation &#8216;biggest of its kind&#8217; #iran"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323466"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=323466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}