Tag: iran
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Dangote Refinery increases petrol price again to ₦1,350 per litre
Admin The Dangote Refinery has again increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, moving it up to ₦1,350 per litre. The latest adjustment was confirmed on Wednesday by a senior official of the refinery and pricing platform Petroleumprice.ng, it was learned. The new price marks a ₦75 jump from the previous ₦1,275 per litre.…
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Trump wants Italy to replace Iran at World Cup
Admin An envoy to US President Donald Trump has asked world football’s governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the World Cup, according to the Financial Times. US special envoy Paolo Zampolli told the FT it would be a “dream” to see four-time World Cup winners Italy at the finals in the United…
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US rescues aviator whose fighter jet was shot down in Iran
By Admin The United States said Sunday it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed a fighter jet, as President Donald Trump escalated pressure on Tehran with a new looming deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran showed no signs of backing down, striking economic and infrastructure targets in neighboring…
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Trump, Israel pressure Iran ahead of deadline as hunt goes on for missing US crew member
By Admin U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel on Saturday stepped up pressure on Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway or face attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Iranian and U.S. forces searched for a missing U.S. crew member from one of two downed warplanes. Trump, who has sent mixed messages since…
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Iran shoots down US F-15E jet, Pentagon confirms
By Admin A US F-15E fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the war. Iranian state media released images of a tail fin and other debris early on Friday, accompanied by an initial claim…
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Iran targets British-US base and its main nuclear enrichment site is struck again
By Editor Iran targeted a joint UK/USA military base in the Indian Ocean, and Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site was struck again, as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week. “The war is not close to ending,” said Israel’s army chief, Gen. Eyal Zamir, while Iran said it targeted Israel’s nuclear program,…
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Iran executes 19-year-old champion wrestler
By Editor The Iranian regime, led by Mojtaba Khamenei hanged young wrestler, Saleh Mohammadi on Thursday. Mohammadi has represented his country internationally and was held over his alleged involvement in the protests that shook the nation last January. The execution, in which Iranian citizens Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi were also killed, followed a judicial…
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Iran’s war targets widen into civilian infrastructure, hit Bahrain water plant
By Editor The Iran war’s targets widened dangerously into civilian infrastructure Sunday as Bahrain accused Iran of striking one of the desalination plants that are crucial for Gulf nations’ drinking water. As Israeli-struck oil depots smoldered in Tehran after a late-night strike, prompting environmental warnings for citizens, Iran’s president vowed to expand attacks on U.S.…
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Iran strikes the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia as war expands yet again
By Editor Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as Washington began to pull many staff out of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel battered Iran with airstrikes in what President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a war that has severely disrupted the world’s supply of…
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War widens as Israeli and US planes pound Iran as its proxies hit back
By Editor Iran and allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states, and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the United States pounded Iran as the war expanded to several fronts. Kuwait mistakenly shot down three American warplanes over its skies. The intensity of the attacks, the killing of…
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