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- Maldives Prohibits Israeli Nationals from Entering in Firm Support of Palestinians
- Leader: Indirect Oman Talks ‘Positive’ So Far, But Trust in The Other Side ‘Remains’ A Concern
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- Iraq Praises Iran’s Diplomatic Efforts
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Iran Summons Argentina’s Chargé d’affaires In Protest of Alleged False Accusations Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to lodge a formal protest over recent accusations
US Set to Supply Israel with Thousands More Bombs Amid Planned Gaza War Escalation The United States has reportedly authorized a new delivery of thousands of heavy munitions to Israel
Maldives Prohibits Israeli Nationals from Entering in Firm Support of Palestinians the Maldives Parliament has passed legislation—ratified by President Mohamed Muizzu—banning Israeli citizens from entering the country
Leader: Indirect Oman Talks ‘Positive’ So Far, But Trust in The Other Side ‘Remains’ A Concern Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Muscat have been well executed in their early stages
IRGC: Iran’s Military, Security Are Non-negotiable Red Lines A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) stressed that Iran’s national security and defense capabilities are non-negotiable
Iraq Praises Iran’s Diplomatic Efforts Iraq’s foreign minister commended Iran for choosing dialogue and diplomacy to resolve issues related to its nuclear program
Iran Updates Saudi Arabia on US Negotiations The Iranian foreign minister informed his Saudi counterpart about the recent indirect talks between Iran and the US
Hamas Urges Action to End Israeli Gaza Blockade Hamas has sharply criticized Israel’s continued blockade of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip
Gaza Health Ministry Reports 39 Killed, 118 Injured in Past 24 Hours Over the past 24 hours, 39 Palestinians have been killed and 118 wounded in Gaza, bringing the death toll since October 2023 to 50,983
Iran Shares Details on Upcoming Round of Talks with the US Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, provided details about the upcoming round of talks between Tehran and Washington
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Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has sounded the alarm over the growing activities of the ISIS Takfiri terrorist group
Iran Petroleum Minister Visits Iraq to Boost Energy Ties Iran’s Petroleum Minister, Mohsen Paknejad, has arrived in Baghdad to explore opportunities for enhancing energy cooperation
Supreme Leader Encourages Iran’s Military to Enhance Its Power Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, urged the Iranian Armed Forces to enhance their capabilities
US Airstrikes Hit Major Educational and Training Facility in Yemen The United States has launched a fresh series of airstrikes on Yemen’s al-Bayda province, along with Sa’ada and Hudaydah
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Iranian-Saudi Détente Agreement not Expected to Settle all Regional Tensions: Expert
Monday 29 May 2023
Asia and Muslim world. They also have huge energy reserves, he said, adding that they, with this level of capabilities and capacities, can bring about strategic change to the region if they engage in cooperation. What has so far distanced Riyadh from Tehran is foreign intervention, with the American ...
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What’s Taking Palestinian Resistance Leaders to Tehran?
Tuesday 20 June 2023
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Asia affairs expert, commented on the goals of the Tehran visit of Palestinian leaders, saying that it shows that the situation in the occupied territories is quite critical due to the brutal attacks of the Israeli army in the West Bank and Gaza, and this has caused the Palestinian resistance heads ...
Interview
Abbas Discourse’s Lost Its Credibility in Palestinian Society, Resistance Now Primary Option: Expert
Saturday 1 July 2023
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Asian affairs.
Netanyahu’s remarks a scandal for Abbas
Commenting on the recent positions of Netanyahu about the need to prevent collapse of the PA, Mr Royvaran said: “Netanyahu’s comments that the Palestinians should forget about forming a Palestin ...
Analysis
Arab Bloc Shows Open Arms to Moscow in Defiance of Washington
Wednesday 12 July 2023
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Asia region, which is increasingly challenged by emerging powers such as China, Russia and Iran, and the shift of the center of international trade from the West to the East have the greatest effect on shift of the Arab view to the emerging multipolar world order.
Over the past months, despit ...
Analysis
What’s Omani FM’s Tehran Visit Agenda?
Tuesday 18 July 2023
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Asian affairs, told Alwaght that top Omani diplomat pursues a set of goals in his Tehran visit.
“Economy plays an important role in bilateral relations, and the capacity of the Omani market to accept Iranian goods is very high, and this country is trying to raise the volume of trade wit ...
Report
Central Asia-Persian Gulf Partnership Push: Chances, Challenges
Saturday 22 July 2023
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Asian nations are stealing the thunder from other parts of the world. In the latest development in this regard, heads of Central Asian bloc (C5) met heads of (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council on Wednesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to decide on the prospects of their economic relations.
In his ...
News
UAE to Hold First Joint Drills with China, Reducing Reliance on US
Monday 31 July 2023
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Asia amid Iran's growing defense might and assertiveness in the region.
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What China Hopes to Achieve by Welcoming Henry Kissinger
Tuesday 1 August 2023
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Asian countries, China in fact views him positively. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the oldest active statesmen in the world at 100, made a visit to Beijing and met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping earlier this month. Although Kissinger’s time in office is controversial in ...
Analysis
Iranian FM’s Japan Visit Agenda: From Trade to Nuclear Deal
Wednesday 9 August 2023
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Asia and agreed on the continuation of close relations between the two countries. The war in Ukraine and the claim of Tehran's military support to Russia was also one of the topics discussed in this meeting. The Japanese FM raised the claims of Iran providing combat drones to the Russian forces. ...
Analysis
How’s Russian Def. Minister’s Iran Visit Significant to Tehran-Moscow Alliance?
Monday 25 September 2023
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Asia with the core aim of challenging the power of the West’s two main regional and international rivals Russia and Iran.
As part of the alliance, for the first time, Iran, Russia, Syria and Iraq established a joint intelligence command center in Baghdad in 2015 to coordinate their sepa ...
