TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast has strongly denied the claim made by U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper saying that Iran could launch terrorist attacks on U.S. soil if it feels threatened.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that the West is following a wrong approach toward the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – A gathering of the final candidates fielded by the United Front of Principlists will be held in Tehran on February 10, the front’s election office announced on Friday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has announced that the 5+1 group (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany) is ready to hold talks with Iran at any venue suggested by the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – Iran's oil minister sent a letter to the head of OPEC, urging the organization’s members to cooperate to avoid strengthening the EU-backed sanctions of Iranian crude.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – A scheme launched in 2005 to dispose of old and inefficient vehicles has contributed to the reduction of gasoline consumption in Iran by around 3.4 million liters per day, an official with the Fuel and Transportation Management Organization said.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – A greater number of candidates will be approved by the Guardian Council for participation in the parliamentary elections, council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaii said on Friday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – The Iraqi news agency Al Nakheel has recently reported that Ayad Allawi, the leader of the al-Iraqiya List, will take a trip to Iran in the near future.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – The Al Arabiya television network claimed on Friday that six other Iranian nationals have been abducted by unidentified men in the Syrian city of Adlab.

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (MNA) – Iranian and International Atomic Energy Agency officials will hold a meeting in Tehran from February 21 to 22, the IAEA said in a press release on February 1.

New Delhi will send a business delegation to Tehran in late February to explore how it can increase exports in order to meet payments for Iranian oil, a senior Indian official said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (MNA) – Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has said the report provided about human rights situation in Iran by UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed is “full of lies” and “this man (Ahmed Shaheed) is a liar.”

At least 74 people are dead after violence erupted at a football match in Egypt on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, Feb. 1 (MNA) -- French Ambassador to Tehran Bruno Foucher has expressed concern about the European Union’s recent decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, according to Iranian MP Hassan Kamran.

TEHRAN, Feb. 1 (MNA) – National Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam said on Wednesday that the enemies are seeking to undermine security ahead of Iran’s next parliamentary election, which is scheduled to be held on March 2.