Tag: Iran
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Oil prices soar as Iran hits US Iraqi bases with missiles
Oil rose sharply, with U.S. crude rising nearly $3, on Wednesday after the U.S. said its forces in Iraq were attacked by Iranian ballistic missiles, raising the prospect of a regional conflagration that could cut oil supplies. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose nearly $3, or almost 5%, to $65.50 a barrel at around 0029…
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Iran launches second round of missiles attack against US
Iran launched on Wednesday a “second round” of attacks against bases holding U.S. troops in Iraq, the Tehran-based Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday. The second round of attacks started an hour after the first phase took place, the agency reported. In a statement, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps(IRGC) said the second missile attack targeted a…
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Plane with 180 passengers aboard crashes in Iran
An Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 180 passengers on aboard has crashed in Iran. Reports said the plane crashed Wednesday due to technical problems after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, Iranian news agency Far reported. The plane is operated by Ukrainian Airlines. There was no immediate word on casualties. An investigation team was at the…
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Fatal burial: 50 dead in burial of Soleimani
A stampede at the funeral for slain Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman claimed more than 50 lives on Tuesday, media said. “The number of those killed in this accident has topped 50. “Most of them are men,” the chief of the regional forensics office was quoted as saying by the…
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Soleimani:U.S. denies Iranian foreign minister visa
The U.S. has denied Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif a visa to enter the country for a trip to the UN Headquarters in New York City, according to Zarif. “The U.S. State Department has allegedly told the UN that it doesn’t have time to issue Zarif a visa,’’ the top Iranian diplomat told news agency…
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Iran postpones Soleimani’s funeral, gives reasons
The burial of a top Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday was postponed on Tuesday due to a stampede in his hometown, the semi-official ISNA news agency reports. The report did not say how long the delay to burying Gen. Qassem Soleimani would last. A report earlier said 35 people were…
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Soleimani: US warns citizens against travelling to Nigeria
The United States has cautioned its citizens to reconsider travelling to Nigeria. It spoke in response to Friday’s killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone airstrike. In a statement published on its website, the US Embassy in Nigeria admonished American citizens to maintain low profile and take personal security measures across the country.…
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Iran places $80m ‘bounty’ on Trump’s head, eyes White House as target
Iran is mobilising its citizens to donate a dollar each to raise $80million to be used as bounty for Donald Trump’s head. An NBC News reporter, quoted an unidentified organizer for the funeral procession for Gen Qassem Soleimani, as calling on all Iranians to donate $1 each ‘in order to gather an $80million bounty on…
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Soleimani: We’ll target 6,236 US sites, Iran fires back at Trump
The sabre-rattling is on between Tehran and Washington as a senior Iranian lawmaker responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to attack 52 Iranian targets. Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnouri said Iran will attack as many US targets as the number of the verses of the Holy Quran…
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US, Iran war: Buhari urged to place Islamic Movement in Nigeria on watch list
The Global Action for Peace has raised alarm on the threat posed by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) to citizens of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in Nigeria and the need for greater action. GAP said the alarm became imperative following the ongoing war between America and Iran. According to…