TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday described the recent moves by the United States as a marathon of psychological war against Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani stressed that Doha will not take part or support any operations which aim to pose a threat in the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Sunday stressed that imposing pressures and sanctions on his country would yield no fruit for the other party, describing such measures as inefficient weapons.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Three lorries belonging to the Republic of Azerbaijan burnt on fire in Astara at the joint border with the Islamic Republic of Iran Sunday morning.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Once it realized inefficiency of its threats to Iran, the West has now started to build a new definition for its interaction with the Islamic Republic, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani left Tehran for Damascus on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Tehran is not still informed of the date of the visit to Iran by the French President’s special envoy.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s economic growth during the first 9 months of the current (Iranian) year surpassed 6%, said president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Sunday as he submitted the new Iranian year’s budget bill to the parliament.

AMMAN (JT) — King Abdullah on Sunday said the region was in urgent need of activating the Quartet of Mideast peace mediators.

DAMASCUS (Agencies) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday his negotiations with Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal had been “fruitful” and that talks to form a unity government would continue.