Iran announced on Thursday that it had imposed a total ban on imports on any product which was originated in Saudi Arabia until a further notice.
The ban was approved by a virtue of a bill that was raised and discussed in an extraordinary cabinet meeting led by President Hassan Rouhani.
Accordingly, all entry points across the country including free trade zones and special economic zones will be ordered to stop any product or any item that has been originated in or produced by Saudi Arabia.
The cabinet said in a statement which was reported by the media that Umrah Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia would also remain banned for the Iranian nationals.
The move by the Iranian cabinet follows an announcement by Riyadh earlier this week that it had cut all relations with Iran. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told reporters on Sunday that the kingdom had recalled its diplomats from Iran and had also ordered Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours. This came after fierce protests in Iran against the execution of top Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
Trade volume between the two countries is not considered to be significant and stands at a few hundred million dollars in a year. Over the past few years, it has been mostly Iran that has been exporting items to Saudi Arabia.