Новости за 12.01.2020

TEHRAN (FNA)- As expected, 2020 has already proven to be a very tough year for the world, for humanity, and for developing countries in particular.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian students and seminaries gathered in front of the British embassy in Tehran on Sunday to demand expulsion of the country's ambassador and severance of relations with the UK after the envoy took part in protest rallies in Tehran. [PHOTOS]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian university and seminary students hold demonstrations in front of the UK Embassy in Tehran today to protest Britain’s meddlesome measures in Iran’s internal affairs. [VIDEO]

TEHRAN (FNA)- A large number of Iranian students and seminaries gathered in front of the British embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest at the envoy's participation and role in last night protest rallies, calling for his expulsion.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador Robert Macaire after police identified and detained the envoy briefly as he was trying to turn a mourning vigil in front of the Amir Kabir University of Tehran into an anti-government protest.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi categorically dismissed the claim that British Ambassador to Tehran Robert Macaire is under detention, asserting that the envoy was arrested and immediately freed because of participation in an illegal street event.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the Hezbollah group at the Lebanese parliament stressed that a new stage of confrontation against the US presence in the region has started after the US assassination of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Amnesty International urged Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release jailed prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, whose arrest more than four years ago marked the start of a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman against women activists in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Tel Aviv regime has helped Washington stage an operation that led to the assassination of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, US media reported quoting sources.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky stated that the United States’ recent assassination of Iran’s senior commander is an act of “international terrorism” if not anything “worse”.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian legislators in a statement on Sunday underlined their firm support for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a powerful national defense arm of the country after it took responsibility for the recent downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran's airspace as a result of human error.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US is plotting again for recruiting the ISIL terrorist group to attack Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf and set free the ISIL prisoners in Iraq, a prominent security expert said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Sunday that a round-the-clock hotline has been established by the ministry to offer service to the bereaved families of the Ukrainian passenger plane which was inadvertently downed on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A narcotics consignment of 1,270 kilograms was impounded by anti-narcotics police forces in the central Iranian province of Yazd, the provincial chief declared on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian knowledge-based company unveiled its own production of medicine of Edaravone Alsava for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace stated that the UK must invest in military hardware to reduce dependence on the United States, The Sunday Times reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Over a dozen Saudi servicemen who were training at various US military bases are being expelled from the country, following the deadly December shooting at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., sources told CNN.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary General of al-Nujaba Movement Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi reassured the family of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was savagely assassinated by the terrorist army of the US at Baghdad International Airport that Resistance groups of the region will exact revenge on American perpetrators of the criminal act.

TEHRAN (FNA)- China announced its policy regarding Taiwan will not change, following the reelection of anti-China Tsai Ing-wen as the self-ruled island’s president for a second time.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army units thwarted attacks by Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in Southeastern Idlib and inflicted heavy losses on the terrorists by destroying a large number of their armored vehicles and killing several of them.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami voiced regret over the incident which happened for the Ukrainian plane over the Iranian airspace.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Anti-war protesters marched through Central London to call for "de-escalation in the Middle East" after the US martyred Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in an assassination in Baghdad on Friday. [PHOTOS]

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator blasted British Ambassador to Tehran Robert Macaire for participating and promoting protest rallies in Tehran on Saturday, calling on him to end his interference in Iran's internal affairs.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnouri said that different assumptions which existed before the conclusion of investigations into the cause the Ukrainian plane crash prevented immediate release of information on the incident.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who flew to Oman’s capital city of Muscat on Sunday to take part in the funeral procession of Sultan Qaboos, met with the late king’s successor Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said and discussed ways to promote bilateral ties in the new era.