TEHRAN, Aug 25 (AFP) - Arab countries are engaged in a psychological war against Iran in an effort to curb its entry into the Iraqi market, the Islamic republic`s intelligence minister was quoted as saying Wednesday.
"There is a multilateral coalition of Arab countries aimed at depriving Iran of the Iraqi market," Ali Yunessi was quoted as saying by the student news agency ISNA during a speech to Tehran`s Chamber of Commerce.
"With supporters of Iran controlling the Iraqi interim government and the Iraqi market full of Iranian goods, there is a competition between the other countries and as a result a propaganda and psychological war against Iran," he claimed.
The minister was not quoted as giving any further details, except to say he would "fight against this conspiracy".