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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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US Economic Pressure Campaign Against Iran Destined to Fail
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US Economic Pressure Campaign Against Iran Destined to Fail

Wednesday 26 August 2026
pressure on the Islamic Republic is bound to fail ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says US economic pressure on the Islamic Republic is bound to fail, just as the previous 12-day and 40-day wars against Iran ultimately did. President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed the need to preserve econo ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
Economically, too, this shift could benefit the region. Before the current disruptions, the Strait of Hormuz handled roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas traffic, and the sharp drop in transits has placed significant strain on both energy markets and regional economies. ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
pressures against the activists, instead of weakening this current, led to its strengthening. In this evolving landscape, Zahran Mammadani has emerged as a leading figure in the new socialist current. He has leveraged his political influence to back like-minded candidates in House primaries, most o ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
Economically, control over oil and gas fields, border crossings, and regional resources was the SDF's single most important bargaining chip, funding their administration and giving them leverage in talks with Damascus. After a decade of control, they were loath to surrender that revenue stream. ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
pressure conflicting sides. The secretary-general also plays a central role in running the UN bureaucracy and appointing senior officials across the system. That means choosing someone with a distinctly different approach could genuinely shift the organization's political and diplomatic orienta ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Economic D-Day sanctions will yield different results this time around. Past experience suggests they would not. Meanwhile, even some of US closest allies are losing faith in Washington's ability to guarantee their security. The recent flurry of Arab state maneuvers represented by security coop ...
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Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade
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Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
pressure. He said the enemy’s objective is to create unrest and weaken Iran internally, urging officials and the public not to fall into what he described as the enemy’s strategy. Ghalibaf warned that Iran would respond militarily if its oil exports were blocked through a naval blockade ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Iran has been swift to respond to the American forces which, reports say, are largely exhausted after six months of war. Alwaght- Following US strike on positions in Iran’s Larak Island, Iran’s armed forces fired back with a missile attack on US targets in Jordan. At the same time, Tehra ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
pressure on Tehran enters a new phase. Washington has announced plans to impose fresh secondary sanctions on financial networks tied to Iran, and is even targeting banks and financial institutions that do business with the Islamic Republic. In this climate, Iran’s membership in the Shanghai Co ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
pressures emanating from Tel Aviv's moves. Possible Ankara-Tel Aviv encounter  Growing tensions in Eastern Mediterranean tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime has pushed up possibility of disputes expansion to Northern Cyprus and even of a military clash. Ma'ariv newspaper of ...

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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.