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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026
2002, Afghanistan wedding hit by us bombs One of the earliest instances dates back to July 1, 2002, in the Deh Rawod district of Afghanistan, when a US airstrike hit a wedding celebration . A subsequent US military investigation put the death toll at 34, with around 50 wounded, though Afghan govern ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
Analysis

UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
2003 war and warned about the use of certain banned munitions in urban areas. The group also called for reviews of cases where laws of war may have been violated. In Afghanistan, the 2015 attack on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz became one of the most notorious cases of civilian casua ...
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
people in a residential area in northern Kuwait. Conclusion on scale of damage The most important independent review of the damage to the American military facilities in the Iranian missile and drone attacks is conducted by The Washington Post on May 6.  The newspaper reported that since the ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
200 people, many of them children. Araghchi said the world has not done enough to condemn these crimes and stressed that impunity carries wide-ranging consequences. He called on all countries to uphold the UN Charter and international law, particularly the prohibition on the use of force, and urged ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
Analysis

Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
2004, even though their reasons for going in were wrong. The evidence conclusively showed that Iraq possessed neither long-range missiles nor weapons of mass destruction, and that the Iraqi regime had no connection whatsoever to al-Qaeda or to the attacks carried out against America and its allies. ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
2003 invasion and start of Iraq destruction Referring to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 that led to collapse of Saddam Hussein, Mr Afghahi said that George W. Bush's war on Iraq was part of a push to gain control over Iraq and to change the regional geography to pave the way for long-ter ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
2003, to signal that things in the international order have changed and Washington is the top decision-maker. He added that once the US became bogged down in Iraq, the martyred Leader’s prediction about the dangers of the American project in Iraq came true, at a time when the entire world was ...
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
2003, she was elected as a judge to the International Criminal Court, and from 2008 to 2014 she served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In that role, she took stances on human rights abuses across the globe and stressed that governments and officials must be held accountable for violations ...
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia
Analysis

Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
2003, the US invaded Iraq under the ruse of weapons of mass destruction, but at strategic level, it neither managed to establish a stable political structure nor did it succeed in turning the Iraqi government into a fully independent actor or one aligned with Washington. At the same time, the US fai ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
Analysis

Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
2003, the state consolidated its sweeping control over religious institutions. Azerbaijan's constitution formally guarantees freedom of religion. In practice, however, the faithful face stringent requirements in observing their Islamic rites and beliefs, and Islamic parties and activists in par ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.