TEHRAN – Former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohammed, is scheduled to pay a visit to Iran, Fars News Agency reported here on Monday.

Mahathir, one of the longest-serving leaders in Asia, is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Kuala Lumpur and Tehran according to which Malaysia will invest in a grand Iranian energy complex.
The fourth prime minister of Malaysia was credited for engineering his country’s rapid modernization.
Iran has invested $940 million in Malaysia’s industrial sector in 2007, ranking the third after Japan and Germany, the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) has reported