People are asking tough questions, especially on the ineffectiveness of the regional security apparatus as well as the security guarantees of America that it has been promising the region for over decades.

The production of cooking gas LPG is up by 10 per cent across oil refineries after the government issued directions yesterday, government sources have told NDTV.

Iran produces roughly 3.5 million barrels of oil per day. The US has been for decades trying to make sure no country buys it, but the customers kept coming to the Islamic nation in the Gulf.