LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of Iran’s soccer federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the United States following the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment of his country. “What is certain is that after this attack, we cannot be expected to look forward to the…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran struck the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a drone early Tuesday as it kept hitting targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what U.S. President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a relentless campaign that could last more than…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Long-distance aircraft fired missiles that struck Iranian Air Force assets at Isfahan in central Iran early Friday morning, the Jerusalem Post has confirmed. Meanwhile, two Israeli defense officials and three Iranian officials confirmed to The New York Times that Israel was involved. The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s president has vowed to completely destroy Israel, should it proceed with even the “tiniest invasion” of its country. President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade warning Israel of a “massive and harsh” response, as the country braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s missile and drone attack over…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. A military spokesman said the launches numbered more than 300 but 99% of them were intercepted….
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three American troops were killed and 25 were injured Sunday in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, the U.S. military said. President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes by the groups against American forces across the Middle East amid the…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani. In a statement posted on its affiliate Telegram channels, the militant Sunni Muslim group said two IS members had detonated explosive belts in the crowd…