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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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Gaza Field Executions New Page in Israel Crimes Book
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Gaza Field Executions New Page in Israel Crimes Book

Monday 25 December 2023
Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday reported that it received reports that the Israeli forces killed 11 unarmed Palestinians in horrific war crime in Gaza. It called on Tel Aviv to probe war crimes committed by its forces, but Tel Aviv says these are baseless claims.  The Israeli army d ...
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UN Accuses Iraqi Troops of Sexually Abusing Palestinian Women and Girls
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UN Accuses Iraqi Troops of Sexually Abusing Palestinian Women and Girls

Monday 19 February 2024 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights' (OHCHR) has said that the Israeli troops abuse the Palestinian girls and women sexually in the war on Gaza and West Bank.  UN experts have raised alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations committed by Israeli forces, including multi ...
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Shadow of Invasion on Rafah: What Does Netanyahu Have in Head?
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Shadow of Invasion on Rafah: What Does Netanyahu Have in Head?

Monday 29 April 2024 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights, also confirmed that the Israeli regime's proposal to create a safe zone in the south of the Gaza Strip is untenable.  The current Israeli proposal for a so-called ‘safe zone’ is untenable: the zone is neither safe nor feasible for the number of pe ...
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Iran criticizes the lack of response to crackdowns on US campuses
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Iran criticizes the lack of response to crackdowns on US campuses

Tuesday 30 April 2024 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) remains silent on the developments in US university campuses, while it has issued statements regarding alleged rights violations in Iran during the same timeframe. On Monday, Gharibabadi stated, 'While the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ...
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Gaza Sea Waves Vs. US-built Floating Pier
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Gaza Sea Waves Vs. US-built Floating Pier

Wednesday 29 May 2024 ،
Commissioner of Human Rights, questioned the US plans to send aids to Gaza via its pier. Moukheiber, who resigned from the UN last year, in an X message called the pier a fig leaf to cover US complicity in genocide & in the destruction of UNRWA. He added: The pier has had no meaningful effect on ...
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Trump Lifts Sanctions on Settlers as Israeli Attacks Rise in West Bank
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Trump Lifts Sanctions on Settlers as Israeli Attacks Rise in West Bank

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over the increasing settler violence in the West Bank, particularly following the ceasefire in Gaza. The OHCHR also noted the tightening of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement, further exacerbating the difficult living conditions of Pa ...
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Israeli Forces Fatally Shoot Palestinian-American Teenager in West Bank
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Israeli Forces Fatally Shoot Palestinian-American Teenager in West Bank

Tuesday 8 April 2025 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has raised alarm over the escalating violence in the West Bank. Since October 2023, at least 900 Palestinians, including 191 children, have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers, according to the UN.
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Secret Military Plan under Aid Cover
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Secret Military Plan under Aid Cover

Tuesday 10 June 2025 ،
Commissioner-General, said that the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip has become a death trap.  Lazzarini stressed the need for the safe and widespread delivery and distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip, which is only possible through the United Nations.  One of the clues that reveal ...
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UN Experts Call for Immediate Termination of Israel’s US-Backed GHF Aid Program
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UN Experts Call for Immediate Termination of Israel’s US-Backed GHF Aid Program

Wednesday 6 August 2025 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights, they described the US- and Israel-backed aid group as an “insult to the humanitarian enterprise,” citing the deaths of at least 859 Palestinians seeking aid at GHF distribution points since May 2025. The experts reported that Israeli forces and foreign con ...
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Israel Ignites Global Backlash Over US-supported Plan to Occupy Gaza City
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Israel Ignites Global Backlash Over US-supported Plan to Occupy Gaza City

Saturday 9 August 2025 ،
Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, called it a “dangerous escalation” and demanded an immediate halt, noting it violates international law and the International Court of Justice ruling against occupation. The European Union warned of consequences for EU-Israel relations, with le ...

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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.