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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Persian Culture

Persian Culture

Tuesday 5 January 2016
Achaemenid Empire. Another eminent feature of Persian culture is art. In fact culture and art are two closely interwoven concepts forming the soul of human civilizations. Persian exquisite carpets, subtle soulful classic music, outstanding tile work of unique blue mosques, old influential architect ...
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Kharg, Oil Pearl of Persian Gulf
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Kharg, Oil Pearl of Persian Gulf

Saturday 5 March 2016 ،
Achaemenid inscription On November 14, 2007, a cuneiform inscription dating back to Achaemenid era was discovered on Kharg Island in Old Persian. The inscription is carved on a coral rock in Old Persian semi-syllabic cuneiform signs. Despite the usually well-ordered regular system of Achaemenid ins ...
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Persepolis, Climax of  Art, Architecture
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Persepolis, Climax of Art, Architecture

Monday 14 March 2016 ،
Achaemenid palaces. Many of their observations were later condensed and published by George N. Curzon in Persia and the Persian Question (London and New York, 1892). But scholarly and scientifically planned work was not undertaken until 1931. Then Ernst Herzfeld, at that time Professor of Oriental A ...
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Persian Traditional Music
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Persian Traditional Music

Tuesday 17 May 2016 ،
Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great is said to have witnessed many melodies and instruments upon his invasion, and music played an important role in religious affairs. Musicplayed an important role in the courts of Sassanid kings in the much later Sassanid Empire. Of this period, we know the name ...
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Iran Blasts French President for Using Fake Arab-Persian Gulf Term
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Iran Blasts French President for Using Fake Arab-Persian Gulf Term

Sunday 19 January 2020 ،
Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern day Iran. Every year, Iranians observe the Persian Gulf Day on the 10th of Ordibehesht, the second month on the Persian calendar, which usually falls on April 30. The date coincides with the anniversary of a successful military campaign by Sh ...
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Iran Pans South Korea for Misnaming Persian Gulf, Sending Military Forces to Region
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Iran Pans South Korea for Misnaming Persian Gulf, Sending Military Forces to Region

Wednesday 22 January 2020 ،
Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern day Iran. The South Korean Defense Ministry said it had decided to “temporarily expand” the sphere of activity of its 302-strong Cheonghae unit given the current situation in the Middle East, adding that Tehran had been briefed on ...
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Iran Parliament Speaker in Moscow Carrying Important Message from Ayatollah Khamenei for Putin
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Iran Parliament Speaker in Moscow Carrying Important Message from Ayatollah Khamenei for Putin

Monday 8 February 2021 ،
Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern-day Iran.  
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Iran Dismisses ‘Baseless’ UAE Claims to Trio Islands
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Iran Dismisses ‘Baseless’ UAE Claims to Trio Islands

Tuesday 28 September 2021 ،
Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern-day Iran.  
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Iranians Celebrate Persian Gulf Day, Stress Fake Names Will Not Change Reality
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Iranians Celebrate Persian Gulf Day, Stress Fake Names Will Not Change Reality

Sunday 30 April 2023 ،
Achaemenid Empire was established in what is now modern-day Iran. Every year, Iranians observe the Persian Gulf Day on the 10th of Ordibehesht, the second month on the Persian calendar, which usually falls on April 30. The date coincides with the anniversary of a successful military campaign by Sh ...
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Velayati Condemns Rubio’s Remarks, Says US Has No Moral Authority to Lecture Others
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Velayati Condemns Rubio’s Remarks, Says US Has No Moral Authority to Lecture Others

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Achaemenid Empire in 480 BC. At the same time, he criticized Iran’s portrayal of martyrdom as an end in itself. Velayati described the apparent contradiction as an example of selective reasoning used to justify dominance over others. Velayati argued that the dispute was not fundamentally abou ...

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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.