Iran slams NATO chief's "baseless" accusations

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday denounced the recent remarks about its role in the region by Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg as "baseless" accusations.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani rejected the NATO chief's accusations in a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website.

"NATO and some of its members, with