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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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From Star Wars to Golden Dome: Is the Game Repeating Itself?
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From Star Wars to Golden Dome: Is the Game Repeating Itself?

Saturday 24 May 2025
25 billion, and the final cost will reach $175 billion upon completion. However, the White House and the Congress are at odds over the costs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in its estimation of the costs of the project announced amounts way higher than Trump's estimations.  The CBO ...
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Long-Term Political Cooperation Framework Agreement to Be Signed by Iran and Oman
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Long-Term Political Cooperation Framework Agreement to Be Signed by Iran and Oman

Tuesday 27 May 2025 ،
25, highlighting its political and economic importance. The visit, following previous high-level exchanges, aims to strengthen bilateral ties amid Oman’s key role as a mediator in Iran-US talks. Farhang noted that around 25,000 Iranians live in Oman, with trade between the two countries exceed ...
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
25 billion factory in the occupied territories, the Norwegian Petroleum Fund, with assets of $1.6 trillion, has canceled all its investments in Israeli bonds, and two major Japanese companies, Itosho and Nippon Aircraft, have cut ties with Israel's largest private arms manufacturer (Elbat System ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s Secret Deals with Tel Aviv?

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
25 kilometers of the capital Damascus. Despite these aggressive actions, the new Syrian leader and his interim government have maintained a significant silence and have not shown any official response to these aggressions. This silence comes despite the fact that the interim government had previous ...
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
25 years. The last one was between Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, and Bill Clinton in 2000. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as host also joined the meeting between the two presidents and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also joined over the web. The meeting revealed the impor ...
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Creeping Inflation in Persian Gulf Arab States
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Creeping Inflation in Persian Gulf Arab States

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
25.2 percent. After that, household appliances and fashion were the top items with the highest price increases in Arab kingdom. World Bank report The World Bank announced the inflation rate in the Persian Gulf Arab countries around 2.1 percent in 2024. Meanwhile, some sectors, such as housing, con ...
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
25, when he said he had spoken to King Abdullah II of Jordan about relocating more than “one and a half million Palestinians” to Jordan and Egypt until “this place is cleared.” He did the same in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. However the White Ho ...
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
25 years in exchange for buying Iranian oil, and since then, China’s oil imports from Iran have steadily increased. The deal reportedly also included security cooperation commitments. Months later, the Chinese-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) confirmed Iran as a member state. US Tre ...
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis

Tuesday 29 July 2025 ،
25 countries, home to a quarter of the world’s population, face severe water stress every year. In addition, about 4 billion people (50 percent of the world’s population) live in conditions of severe water scarcity for at least one month a year. According to the United Nations Populatio ...
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
25 percent of the secret reserves of these highly rare and expensive missiles. THAAD stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. This system, developed by the American company Lockheed Martin, is designed to intercept and destroy nuclear ballistic missiles in the final phase of entering the Ear ...

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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.