Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the high-level 74th Session of the General Assembly on Thursday amidst fresh tensions between Iran and the United States.

Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since May last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear accord and began reimposing crippling sanctions.

The planes have arrived at an American air base in Qatar for their deployment in the Persian Gulf to counter unspecified threats from Iran

On November 5, the second package of US sanctions, re-introduced after Washington's withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

Iran summoned diplomats from Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain over their hosting of some members of the terrorist group

Iranians are already seeing the effects of the sanctions, with Iran's rial currency losing around half its value since Trump announced the US would withdraw from the 2015 nuclear accord.

The second phase of US sanctions, which takes effect November 5 and will block Iran's oil sales, is due to cause more damage

Earlier in the day, India and Iran signed nine Memorandums of Understanding (MoU)s following the delegation-level talks in the presence of PM Modi and Iranian President Rouhani.

The two leaders also deliberated on regional situations during their wide-ranging talks.

These monuments are popularly known as seven tombs and built in Iranian architecture style