Yemen has seized a vessel carrying weapons believed to be destined for Shi'ite rebels in the north of the country and detained its Iranian crew, a provincial Yemeni official told Reuters on Monday.
"The five crew members are being questioned. They are Iranians," said the official in Haja province, which borders Saada province, site of most of the fighting between government forces and the rebels.
Elsewhere, Pakistani forces shortly held 11 security officers on Monday for crossing into the country before releasing them. The detention came days after an Iranian commander was reported saying his men should be allowed to confront terrorists in Pakistan, officials said.
Earlier, Pakistani officials had said they were members of the elite Revolutionary Guards force, but later reports made no reference to this.
The Iranians were arrested in the Mashkhel area on the border with Iran eight days after a suicide bomber killed 42 people, including six Revolutionary Guard commanders, in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
A Sunni Muslim group Jundollah (God's soldiers), which Iran says they operates from across the border in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the blast.
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