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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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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026
Azerbaijan war and losing disputed Karabakh region is to hold its first parliamentary elections since all these developments. As West Asia is undergoing substantial security developments, Ukraine war is impacting the Russian-Western relationship, and the big powers are escalating their rivalry in So ...
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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?
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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
Azerbaijan allowed Israel to carry out more precise strikes on Iran’s radar systems in northwest. Alwaght- Recently, CNN in an exclusive report citing informed sources said that during the 40-day war, Israel secretly stationed its military and intelligence forces in Azerbaijan, a neighbor of Iran. T ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture
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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
Azerbaijan. By stepping into the mediation file to end the war and help shape a new security architecture for the region, particularly in the Persian Gulf, Islamabad sees a golden opportunity to regain lost ground against India's expanding footprint in the Persian Gulf. The recently signed new m ...
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
Azerbaijan In Baku, Ganja, and other Shiite-populated areas across Azerbaijan, mosques and Hussainiyahs held mourning ceremonies, drawing thousands to the commemorations. The observances took shape primarily as eulogy recitations, chest-beating rituals, and congregational prayers, with a distinctly ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
Azerbaijan and Armenia, coupled with Baku's strategic alliance with Ankara, makes this recognition move a delicate and potentially disruptive gambit within Israel's existing regional alliances. Over the past two decades, Tel Aviv has built a deep strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, inclu ...
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War of Corridors amid Iran War: Shadow American Fight against China and Russia
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War of Corridors amid Iran War: Shadow American Fight against China and Russia

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
Azerbaijan through Armenian territory to Nakhchivan and then on to Turkey, is widely read by analysts as an attempt to carve out a path that loosens the region's reliance on Iranian transit routes. In East Asia, Luzon Economic Corridor in the Phillipines with joint American-Japanese investment ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Azerbaijan, and the Caspian Sea. It seems that the remarks by this Russian official are more about developing the already planned corridor through adding a land route in its eastern part through the Central Asia to reduce its full dependence on the current route crossing Iran and Azerbaijan. Why n ...
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
Azerbaijan Province. According to the statement, the shipment included six AK-47 rifles, 28 magazines, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The IRGC alleged that separatist terrorist groups planned to move the weapons to central parts of the country for what it described as subversive activities, ...
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Azerbaijan. A look back at the developments in Sistan and Baluchestan province over the past year reveals terrorist groups waging both indiscriminate and at times targeted assassinations in a bid to sow insecurity and open a new security front against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Time and again, t ...
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course

Wednesday 30 September 2026 ،
Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, Rezaei also said Iran was prepared to contribute to peace efforts in the Caucasus while asserting that the United States had no future in the region. Mustafayev described Iran-Azerbaijan ties as friendly and rejected claims that Azerbaijan ...

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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.