AFP: The CEO of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom visited Iran on Tuesday for talks on joint projects in Iran and cooperation on natural gas sales by Moscow and Tehran, the company said in a statement.

Reuters: Russia’s No. 3 mobile phone operator, MegaFon, said on Tuesday it planned to open a representative office in Iran and was considering long-term investments in the Middle Eastern country’s telecoms sector.

Reuters: An Iranian hardline vetting body has reinstated another 250 candidates who had been barred from running for the country’s March parliament election, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Reuters: Russia’s Gazprom, the world’s largest gas producer, has agreed to develop more phases of Iran’s giant South Pars gas field and enter the country’s oil sector, the firm said on Tuesday.

AFP: Iran on Tuesday said Spanish trainer Javier Clemente rejected an offer to coach the national football team after a row over his insistence on living at home in Spain rather than in the Islamic republic.

Bloomberg: Crude oil rose for a fourth day after Iran’s oil minister said OPEC may reduce production when it meets next month.

AFP: The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates held talks with leaders in the Iranian capital on Monday on a visit aimed at further boosting strong trade links with the Islamic republic.