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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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Iranians Vote in Parliamentary Elections amid US Animosity

Iranians Vote in Parliamentary Elections amid US Animosity

Friday 21 February 2020
Brian Hook - who announced the measures Thursday - accused the officials of preventing free and fair elections. On Friday, Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei slammed the sanctions as sham and illegitimate measures demonstrating the United States' disregard for democracy. He added ...
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China, Russia Fighting off US ‘Snapback’ Threat against Iran at UN

China, Russia Fighting off US ‘Snapback’ Threat against Iran at UN

Wednesday 10 June 2020 ،
Brian Hook, said at the Washington-based Heritage Foundation on Tuesday that the US would be prepared to raise the issue of the “snapback” of the sanctions against Iran if the arms embargo was not extended. Similarly, Wang’s Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov raised the same issue ...
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Saudi, Bahrain Backing for US Bid to Renew Arms Embargo on Iran Bitter Joke: Diplomat

Saudi, Bahrain Backing for US Bid to Renew Arms Embargo on Iran Bitter Joke: Diplomat

Tuesday 30 June 2020 ،
Brian Hook.  It is surprising to see states such as Saudi Arabia -- itself a source of terrorism, extremism  and instability in the region by providing support to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh for years -- level baseless accusations at the Islamic Republi ...
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Brian Hook: Latest Broken Piece In Trump’s Anti-Iranian Game

Brian Hook: Latest Broken Piece In Trump’s Anti-Iranian Game

Tuesday 11 August 2020 ،
Brian Hook resigns from his post as Trump’s top Iran envoy and head of State Department’s Iran Action Group in show of the president’s Iran strategy defeat. Alwaght- The resignation of Brian Hook ,Donald Trump’s lead diplomat on Iran and the head of Iran Action Group of the Department of State ...
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Consequences of US Failure to Extend Iran Arms Embargo in UNSC

Consequences of US Failure to Extend Iran Arms Embargo in UNSC

Monday 17 August 2020 ،
Brian Hook, and second, failure in the Security Council. As for now, Trump has no clear strategy for halting Iran's nuclear program, and due to its withdrawal from the agreement, the legal possibility of using the trigger mechanism to reinstate UN sanctions against Tehran has become virtually i ...
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Why Does Trump Seek To Snap Back Anti-Iranian Sanctions?

Why Does Trump Seek To Snap Back Anti-Iranian Sanctions?

Monday 24 August 2020 ،
Brian Hook said on Saturday that they ask Niger and Indonesia as the two temporary members of the UNSC to put on vote draft resolution against Iran.  Another option for Washington is that the US itself presents to the UNSC the snapback resolution or ask the Dominican Republic as the only suppo ...
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US Navy Sex Trafficking in Bahrain

US Navy Sex Trafficking in Bahrain

Thursday 21 January 2021 ،
Brian Pristera, Attorney for Bahrain Sailors   These navy servicemen, including high command, were involved in housing and pimping female prostitutes as early as June 2017.   It's common for the American military to commit such crimes. We all know the cases of such crimes in Korea ...
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Attacks on US Forces ‘Went up 400%’ after Soleimani Assassination, IRGC Designation: Washington

Attacks on US Forces ‘Went up 400%’ after Soleimani Assassination, IRGC Designation: Washington

Friday 1 April 2022 ،
Brian Hook between August 2021 and February 2022 amounted to $13.1 million. Vienna talks in limbo In his Thursday briefing, Price also expounded on the latest developments around the diplomatic efforts in Vienna to bring the US back into full compliance with the JCPOA and repeal its maximum pressu ...
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Iranian Court Orders US to Pay $4.3bn in Damages over Murder of Nuclear Scientists

Iranian Court Orders US to Pay $4.3bn in Damages over Murder of Nuclear Scientists

Thursday 23 June 2022 ،
Brian Hook and former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. The verdict cited evidence of Israeli involvement in the assassinations and the US financial and military support for the regime, saying Washington have had an “effective” role in establishing and supporting Israel as a terrorist re ...
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70 years Since Anglo-American Coup against Iran’s Mosaddegh

70 years Since Anglo-American Coup against Iran’s Mosaddegh

Saturday 19 August 2023 ،
Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran during the Donald Trump administration, also joined the revisionist statements that Washington had nothing to do with the 1953 Iranian coup. The media that often disseminated such revisionist pamphlets were Radio Farda and BBC Persian, both outlets ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies