Amid escalation, Lucknow families anxious over safety of relatives in Gulf

Maulana Ghulam Raza, who moved to Iran from Lucknow in 1996 and lives in Qom, said he is deeply concerned about his family. He had visited Lucknow last December and stayed back, but his 20-year-old son returned to Iran last week. His wife and two daughters, aged six and 15, are in Qom.