Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Turkey is considering to carry out a joint investment with Iran in the South Pars gas field, Iranian state media reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Turkey has asked Iran to increase its export of natural gas to its north-western neighbour by up to 80 percent, Iranian state media reported.

AFP: Federal prosecutors on Monday indicted two men on charges of illegally trading with Iran since 2002, the US Department of Justice reported.

Reuters: Iran denied Monday a report it had detained 10 spies who had entered the Islamic Republic illegally from neighboring Pakistan.

AFP: Three Kuwaiti Islamist MPs said on Sunday they will file a request to grill the prime minister for allowing a prominent Iranian Shiite cleric to enter the Gulf state despite a legal ban.

AFP: Iranian MPs denounced "the crisis in Gaza" and asked Islamic organisations to respond to "cries" from Gaza's people, Iran's labour news agency ILNA reported on Sunday.

Reuters: Iran has converted financial reserves into gold to avoid future problems, an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in comments published on Saturday, after the price of oil fell more than 60 percent from a peak in July.

AP: Iranian newspapers are quoting a top adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying the country has converted some of its foreign currency reserves into gold.