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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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Spain to Sell 400 Bombs to Saudi Arabia despite Regime’s War Crimes in Yemen
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Spain to Sell 400 Bombs to Saudi Arabia despite Regime’s War Crimes in Yemen

Thursday 13 September 2018
Borrell said on Thursday Borrell told Onda Cero radio, Reuters reported Human rights groups including Amnesty International have denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies. Saudi regime has launched a deadly aggression against Yemen since March 2015 in support of Yemen’s for ...
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Is Britain’s Rule over Gibraltar Subject to Undermining after Brexit?
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Is Britain’s Rule over Gibraltar Subject to Undermining after Brexit?

Sunday 23 December 2018 ،
Borrell last week said that Spain wanted a direct dialogue with Britain on the future of Gibraltar, adding that an agreement between the two over the disputed territory should be put both in Brexit document and also a later statement on the future of relations between Madrid and London. Otherwise, S ...
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How Likely is US Military Intervention in Venezuela?
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How Likely is US Military Intervention in Venezuela?

Saturday 2 February 2019 ،
Borrell said both his country and the EU strongly opposed military intervention in the crisis-hit nation. Earlier, the Peruvian Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio had said Peru, Canada, and the Lima Group, a body devised to seek an exit from Venezuelan crisis, opposed use of force against Caracas. T ...
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Russia Rebukes UK’s Seizure of Iranian Oil Supertanker off Gibraltar
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Russia Rebukes UK’s Seizure of Iranian Oil Supertanker off Gibraltar

Saturday 6 July 2019 ،
Borrell said on Friday that Madrid was planning to lodge a formal complaint against the UK and was studying the circumstances and looking at how the incident is affecting its sovereignty. Spain, which challenges the British ownership of Gibraltar, has said the seizure was prompted by a US request t ...
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US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure
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US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure

Friday 16 August 2019 ،
Borrell, further confirmed that the tanker's seizure had been originally ordered by Washington. The tanker seizure took place as the US had pledged to reduce Iran’s oil exports to “zero” as part of sanctions that it reinstated after leaving a multilateral 2015 nuclear deal wit ...
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PMF Cmdr. Vows Iraq Response to US No Less in Size than That of Iran
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PMF Cmdr. Vows Iraq Response to US No Less in Size than That of Iran

Wednesday 8 January 2020 ،
Borrell High Representative of the European Union urged all parties involved in the growing tensions to eschew more military action. The latest rocket attack on airbases in Iraq used by US and coalition forces, among them European, is yet another example of escalation and increased confrontation. I ...
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EU 3 to Trigger Iran Deal Dispute Mechanism: Diplomats
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EU 3 to Trigger Iran Deal Dispute Mechanism: Diplomats

Tuesday 14 January 2020 ،
Borrell is expected to make a statement in Strasbourg at the European Parliament at midday. The news comes only days after Borrell claimed that the EU continues to respect the deal and will not trigger the dispute settlement mechanism. The deal, which Iran signed with the United States, Britain, F ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution