Middle Orient

GAZA (Reuters) – A Palestinian journalist said from his hospital bed on Monday that he was abused and injured by Israeli security personnel on his way home to the Gaza Strip after receiving a journalism award in Britain.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Turkey will ask Malaysia’s main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to leave its embassy in Kuala Lumpur as soon as possible, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan signed four agreements on cooperation at the end of the 17th session of their joint economic commission which concluded here in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A report on Sunday said that Washington has been funding covert operations to destabilize the Iranian government, with full approval from the US Senate.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC)and Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) are about to sign a 2-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has increased its oil output to 4.23 million barrels per day, the highest since 1979, and plans to increase output further.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Saturday night met with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Chief, Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah in Riyadh.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan is keen to see the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) oil pipeline project through and awaits India’s readiness to engage with Pakistan in this regard, Pakistan’s Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Syed Naveed Qamar said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in two separate decrees on Saturday appointed Gholam Ali Haddad Adel as his senior advisor and Saeed Jalili as his representative in the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian revolutionary court sentenced a man to death Monday on charges of spying for Israel.