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- Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
- Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
- World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
- Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
- Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’
- Iran granted passage to 33 ships through Hormuz Strait
- Potential US-Iran Pact Threatens Israel’s Goals, Former US Counterterrorism Chief Asserts
- Baghaei Underscores Invaders’ Failure to Overcome Iran
- Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
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Why Are Tel Aviv and Washington Stepping Up Pressures against Hezbollah? Israel knows that disarming Hezbollah makes occupation of Lebanon a piece of cake.
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Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’
Russian forces carried out an overnight "massive strike" on Ukrainian military targetsIran granted passage to 33 ships through Hormuz Strait The IRGC Navy announced that 33 vessels, including tankers and container ships, transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours
Potential US-Iran Pact Threatens Israel’s Goals, Former US Counterterrorism Chief Asserts The Zionist regime is likely to sabotage any prospective peace deal between Washington and Tehran
Baghaei Underscores Invaders’ Failure to Overcome Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei shared a rock relief of Shapur the Great’s victory over a Roman emperor
Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack According to Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, multiple Persian Gulf Arab nations and Jordan have aided the American-Israeli aggression on Iran
Iran Will Not Surrender Its Rights, Ghalibaf Assures Munir On Saturday, Iran’s parliamentary leader informed Pakistan’s army chief that Iran will not abandon its national rights
Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict? Pakistan and Qatari visits, fresh US and Iranian statements, and Araghchi’s regional calls have sparked speculation of an early Iran-US deal
Iran Reports 25 Ships Passed Through Strait of Hormuz According to Iran’s IRGC Navy, 25 vessels—comprising oil tankers and container ships—passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the last 24 hours
White House Pressure Over Illegal Iran War Forces Trump’s Top Spy to Resign Informed sources have revealed that US President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, resigned under intense White House pressure
FMs of Iran and Oman Hold Talks on Diplomatic Push to Halt War Abbas Araghchi of Iran and Oman’s Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi held telephone talks on Saturday morning, covering recent regional events
Araghchi and Guterres Hold Talks on War, NPT, and Diplomatic Efforts Iran’s Araghchi blames US dishonesty and repeated betrayals for deadlock in Pakistan-mediated negotiations
Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’ According to the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the US-Israeli strike on Iran was a ’blatant act’ of aggression against a sovereign state
US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran The Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that past experience has proven that the presence of US military forces in the region poses a threat
Hezbollah Drones Inflict Heavy Damage on IOF in Southern Lebanon Hezbollah persists in engaging Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in southern Lebanon, using drones to strike assemblies of soldiers and vehicles
Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe The dangerous war jointly launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has significantly raised the risks of an environmental catastrophe
Iran Vows to Make Enemy Regret Any New Invasion Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has issued a warning, stating that Iran will force any adversary to regret repeating its aggression
26 Ships Cleared to Pass Through Strait of Hormuz, Says IRGC Navy According to the IRGC, ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz following authorization and coordination with the IRGC Navy
Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack Russia has accused the UN and IAEA of employing double standards regarding nuclear facility attacks
Supreme Leader Commemorates Ayatollah Raeisi on Second Martyrdom Anniversary The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, has released a message
Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran for Second Time in Under a Week According to well-informed diplomatic sources, Pakistani Interior Minister Senator Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi has departed for Tehran
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Araghchi Describes Iran-Russia Relationship as Operating at Peak Capacity
Maariv Reports: Hezbollah Has Successfully Established New Strategic Equations
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Iran granted passage to 33 ships through Hormuz Strait
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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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Motasim Agha Jan Detention: Restricting the Influential Figure of Taliban
Saturday 18 April 2026
Council. Seen as a moderate figure, he has had close ties with the family of Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban. His gap with the Taliban leader rose when peace talks with Hamid Karzai, the first post-Taliban president, were raised.
In 2011, Agha Jan survived an assassination attempt in Pakist ...
Analysis
What’s Driving Pakistani Meditation in US-Iran Crisis?
Tuesday 21 April 2026
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Cooperation Council states, including a recent defense pact with Saudi Arabia that reportedly extends to a nuclear shield. The earlier crisis of Yemen war (2015–2023) and the bitter standoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia as two heavyweights of the region and the wider Muslim world, laid bare t ...
Analysis
Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa
Tuesday 21 April 2026
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Cooperation Council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also moved quickly to reject Israel's unilateral step. Somaliland holds significant strategic weight in the Horn of Africa due to its proximity to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and its commanding position over the Persian Gulf of Aden, a ...
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Iran Rejects PGCC Allegations, Calls on Member States to Pay for Role in Aggression
Thursday 30 April 2026
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Cooperation Council Secretary-General’s claims about Tehran’s conduct during the US-Israeli war ALWAGHT- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson dismissed the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General's claims about Tehran's conduct during the US-Israeli war, stressing Iran's d ...
Analysis
Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Thursday 30 April 2026
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Council, to try and legitimize its aggression on Iran. It did so by exploiting and twisting global concerns over a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz and rising energy costs to suit its own narrative. Washington, together with its allies, repeatedly pushed for a binding resolution against Teh ...
Analysis
Aftershocks of Iran War: Deep Gaps Emerging in GCC
Saturday 2 May 2026
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Cooperation Council forever. This report sheds light on four aspects of this Emirati decision.
First aspect: From financial crisis to sky-is-the-limit oil production
The UAE exit from the bloc of oil-producing countries is actually a reaction to the emergency conditions following Iran ...
Analysis
Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge
Tuesday 5 May 2026
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Council, made up of the rulers of all seven emirates. The ruler of Abu Dhabi serves as president of the UAE, while the ruler of Dubai serves as vice president and prime minister.
This distribution of posts rests on hierarchy of power and wealth as the governing system relies on tribal system. So, t ...
Analysis
Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?
Thursday 7 May 2026
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Cooperation Council was hit by attacks after the two-week ceasefire took effect. Actually, it was Abu Dhabi that bore the cost of Trump's lofty ambition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz using force under Project Freedom.
According to the defense ministry, on Monday and Tuesday the country eng ...
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
Thursday 7 May 2026
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Council that has direct interests in West Asia, has the capability to play a decisive role in advancing sustainable peace in West Asia and contain the US unilateralism on the world stage. The country has tried in recent months to defuse the tensions in the region.
China has been clear to criticize ...
Analysis
Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
Sunday 24 May 2026
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Cooperation Council players, likely Qatar and Saudi Arabia, at this stage, which lay bare the Persian Gulf Arab states’ fears and concerns.
Abu Dhabi, for its part, is not in a state of full defensive readiness. But seeing itself as the biggest loser from current developments, and having effe ...
