Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced that Iranian warships are carrying out patrolling missions in Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Gulf of Aden.
The Iranian foreign ministry on Thursday summoned Saudi Arabias charge daffaires to protest at a recent move by Saudi jet fighters to prevent an Iranian plane carrying humanitarian aid from landing in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
India shipped in more than 17 per cent more Iranian oil in April than a year before, buoyed by prospects of a diplomatic deal on Irans disputed nuclear programme by end-June, preliminary data from trade sources and compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Analytics showed.
A senior Russian official in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanayee demanded Iran to share its experience with Russia in fighting the western sanctions.
Customs revenues increased by 65 percent in the year to March 20, 2015 despite a six-percent decline in imports, said the head of Iran Customs Administration.
Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan underlined that his forces will give a deadly response to the slightest aggressions by the enemies.