Новости за 13.01.2020

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ghiath al-Srouji, a security official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), underlined good relations with Iran, stressing that the Iraqi Kurdistan region's leaders are in continuous contacts with Iranian officials.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivia’s exiled former President Evo Morales called on his compatriots to form popular defense groups against potential acts of violence by the new government, which took power in a US-backed coup d’état against his government late last year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 30 Congolese soldiers were killed and 70 others seriously wounded last week during fierce fighting in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo with Ugandan rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the army said Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a meeting in Tehran on Monday discussed bilateral relations and regional developments.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President of the United States Donald Trump is blindly undertaking Israeli schemes in the region, the political and media adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad noted.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Several Iranian legislators blasted British Ambassador to Tehran Robert Macaire for participation in protest rallies, calling for his expulsion.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension reform plans that sparked the protest.

TEHRAN (FNA)- US Defense Secretary Mark Esper denied the claim by President Donald Trump that Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was planning “imminent” attacks on US missions abroad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) announced that the new round of US sanctions against the country’s metal and mining sector will fail to stop the growth in the sector, reminding that Washington had already imposed the same sanctions in May.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Team Iran handed a 3-0 defeat to the hosting rivals from China in the finals of AVC Men's Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament in the Eastern Asian country to book their ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a joint presser with visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Tehran, reassured the Arab country that the Islamic Republic will continue its support for the Persian Gulf state in the face of harsh measures undertaken by the Saudi-led bloc.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, in a meeting with visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Tehran, called upon all neighboring countries of the region to rely on intra-regional capacities to stop the US from throwing the region into further mayhem.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hafiz Mohibullah, one of the senior commanders of the Taliban movement, has been killed in airstrike in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, Tolo News cited the country’s defense ministry spokesperson as saying in a statement on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq sent the message that all American targets in West Asia are within the range of Iranian missiles, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah stated.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A small volcano South of the Philippine capital that draws many tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting thousands of people to flee and officials to shut Manila’s international airport.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Head of Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj and his rival, renegade Commander Khalifa Haftar, are expected to sign a ceasefire agreement in Russia on Monday, a senior Libyan official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A team headed by Professor Frank Stienkemeier at Freiburg's Institute of Physics and Dr. Marcel Mudrich, professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, has observed the ultrafast reaction of nanodroplets of helium after excitation with extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) using a free-electron laser in real time. The researchers have published their findings in the latest issue of Nature Communications.

TEHRAN (FNA)- English and Italian speakers with dementia-related language impairment experience distinct kinds of speech and reading difficulties based on features of their native languages, according to new research by scientists at the UC San Francisco Memory and Aging Center and colleagues at the Neuroimaging Research Unit and Neurology Unit at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The human brain is organized into circuits that develop from childhood through adulthood to support executive function -- critical behaviors like self-control, decision making, and complex thought. These circuits are anchored by white matter pathways which coordinate the brain activity necessary for cognition. However, little research exists to explain how white matter matures to support activity that allows for improved executive function during adolescence -- a period of rapid brain development.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Protesters have taken to the streets of Paris and Lyon where they were met by riot police and tear gas as protests and strikes against proposed pension reforms continue. [VIDEO]

TEHRAN (FNA)- The second international cartoon exhibition, titled 'Trumpism', was held in Holy Defense Museum on Saturday. The first edition of the event was held in 2017. [PHOTOS]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hundreds of protesters gathered in Peshawar to condemn the US assassination of Iranian Qods Force General Qassem Soleimani. [VIDEO]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Peace activists staged a rally in front of Japan's Ministry of Defence in Tokyo to protest against Prime Minister Abe's decision to deploy a warship the Gulf of Oman. The government said it's planning to send the vessel to protect its interests and cargo ships in the region. [VIDEO]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Students of Amirkabir University of Technology Commemorated the passengers of the Ukranian International Airlines (UIA) flight, Boeing 737, which was unintentionally downed last Wednesday. [PHOTOS]

TEHRAN (FNA)- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday morning, causing a landslide in the Southern municipality of Peñuelas. The quake at 8:54 am local time struck 8 miles Southeast of Guanica at a shallow depth of 3 miles, according to the US Geological Survey. It is the most recent in a string of quakes and aftershocks that have left thousands on the island without power and water. [PHOTOS]