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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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North Korea responds with fury to US sanctions over Sony hack
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North Korea responds with fury to US sanctions over Sony hack

Tuesday 6 January 2015
DPRK [North Korea], groundlessly stirring up bad blood towards it, will only harden its will and resolution to defend the sovereignty of the country,” North’s state-run KCNA news agency quoted the unnamed spokesman as saying on Sunday . On Friday, the US sanctioned 10 North Korean government offici ...
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North Korea Offers to Suspend Nuclear Tests if U.S. Suspends Military Drills
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North Korea Offers to Suspend Nuclear Tests if U.S. Suspends Military Drills

Monday 12 January 2015 ،
DPRK is ready to take such a responsive step as temporarily suspending the nuclear test over which America is concerned, KCNA said, using the short form for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the nuclear tests and military exercises were sep ...
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North Korea Dismisses Talks with US
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North Korea Dismisses Talks with US

Monday 9 February 2015 ،
DPRK (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea)... the army and people of the DPRK cannot but officially notify the Obama administration... that the DPRK has neither need nor willingness to sit at negotiating table with the US any longer, the official Korean Central News Agency said, citing a s ...
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US kingpin of Human Rights Violations: North Korea
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US kingpin of Human Rights Violations: North Korea

Tuesday 22 September 2015 ،
DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] and more pressure on ‘the issue of human rights’ must be made, the representative said to the country’s KCNA news agency, adding that Washington has been using political provocations aimed to destroy North Korea’s power structure. The representative of N ...
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UN Sanctions on North Korea Aim Country’s Economy not Nuke Arms
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UN Sanctions on North Korea Aim Country’s Economy not Nuke Arms

Monday 7 March 2016 ،
DPRK – the official name for North Korea), and only the more prominent are mentioned here. Article 29 prohibits North Korea from exporting coal, iron, and iron-ore unless it can be proven that the revenue from their sale is “exclusively for livelihood purposes.” As foreign exchang ...

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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