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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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Turkish-Arab Push for Foothold In Iraq Amid Strong Iranian-Iraqi Alliance
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Turkish-Arab Push for Foothold In Iraq Amid Strong Iranian-Iraqi Alliance

Tuesday 23 July 2024
East-Europe corridor, is trying to connect the Arab states of the Persian Gulf to Europe using Iraqi rail corridors and stymie the American project that is intended to bypass Turkey. Political intentions of Arab countries  Though Arab countries ostensibly intend to develop Iraq's infrastr ...
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Iraq’s Grand Faw Port Project and Iranian Opportunities
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Iraq’s Grand Faw Port Project and Iranian Opportunities

Wednesday 18 September 2024 ،
East to the West with its Faw port. Alwaght- Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian chose Baghdad as the destination of his first foreign trip as president, making Iraq the starting point of his administration's foreign policy. The visit demonstrated the strategic significance of the relatio ...
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Iran Opposed to Zangzor Corridor, Efforts Underway to Remove Tehran from Caucasus Equations: Expert
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Iran Opposed to Zangzor Corridor, Efforts Underway to Remove Tehran from Caucasus Equations: Expert

Monday 21 October 2024 ،
Eastern Europe. But Tehran has not had any problem with opening the communication routes and giving Azerbaijan an access path to Nakhchivan under Iran's control and welcomes it. In fact, the Islamic Republic of Iran, by accepting the construction of the railway line of Azerbaijan through the Ara ...
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What Countries Are Providing Fuel of Israeli Warplanes?
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What Countries Are Providing Fuel of Israeli Warplanes?

Monday 11 November 2024 ،
East Eye reported in September that despite the official ban, Turkish business people have maintained exports to Israel amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. According to the statistical data of the Turkish Exporters Association (TIM) instead of directly sending products to Israel, Turkish exporters n ...
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation
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Mashhad Summit, Ideal Opportunity to Boost ECO Cooperation

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
East-West and North-South corridors, which can control the economic pulse of the region by developing its infrastructures. Using the capacity of rail corridors for ECO trade development was raised at the organization's meeting in Tashkent in February 2023 by Iran's late Foreign Minister Hos ...
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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert
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Trump’s Dream for Gaza Will Not Come True: Expert

Saturday 8 February 2025 ،
East case, or the issue of the occupied territories and the Palestinian people. Trump announced that he was not willing to pay any more for Netanyahu's warmongering or bear the heavy financial burdens that have been imposed on Washington so far, and that this war must be stopped. And we saw that ...
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
Analysis

Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
East Asia all bore signs of change of international equation from unipolar to multipolar. But can Washington reshuffle the current order to its own advantage?  Filling the US void Nicholas Bakulin, an expert at Yale Law School and former director of Amnesty International in Asia and the Pacif ...
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Is Unfolding Crisis Inviting for India-Pakistan War?
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Is Unfolding Crisis Inviting for India-Pakistan War?

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
Asia can increase. Whereas chance of a full-scale war is slim due to their nuclear deterrence, continued tensions can lead to border clashes, economic crisis, and regional instability. 
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Iran and Azerbaijan: Neighbors with High Partnership Potentials
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Iran and Azerbaijan: Neighbors with High Partnership Potentials

Monday 28 April 2025 ،
East Asia. Having in mind that the main exports of Azerbaijan include oil products and energy, Iran's oil export terminals in the Persian Gulf provide a great opportunity for Baku to export its energy to Eastern markets. In the 2017, when tensions between Qatar and the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation ...
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How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?
Analysis

How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?

Saturday 10 May 2025 ،
East to West transit routes and the energy arteries across the region, this conflict can disrupt the trade and energy routes, encourage extremism, and cause further competition of such big powers as China, the US, and Russia, which will potentially impact the Central Asian security.  Intervent ...

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