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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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Western Sanctions Worsen Poverty in War-Torn Syria: Report
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Western Sanctions Worsen Poverty in War-Torn Syria: Report

Saturday 3 August 2019
European Union and some Arab states have imposed sanctions on the country, restricting Syria’s oil imports, certain forms of investment and a number of institutions and officials. Washington has also been imposing sanctions on hundreds of companies and individuals that it accuses of involveme ...
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UN Urges Sanctions on Myanmar Army Businesses over Rohingya Genocide
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UN Urges Sanctions on Myanmar Army Businesses over Rohingya Genocide

Monday 5 August 2019 ،
European and Asian companies, and makes a point that in fact there is this relationship and it’s a violation of UN treaties and UN norms,” panel chairman Marzuki Darusman said in an interview in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Sunday. The investigators identified at least 59 foreig ...
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UK Dodges US Sanctions to Settle Iranian Bank’s $1.6bn Damage Claim
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UK Dodges US Sanctions to Settle Iranian Bank’s $1.6bn Damage Claim

Saturday 5 October 2019 ،
European Council’s freeze of the funds of Iranian financial entities from 2010 – were lifted in 2016 when an international nuclear deal with Iran came into effect. Bank Mellat argued that the UK’s actions “substantially damaged the bank's reputation” and led to the ...
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France, EU to Retaliate Potential US Taxes: Ministers
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France, EU to Retaliate Potential US Taxes: Ministers

Tuesday 3 December 2019 ،
European Union (EU) would retaliate if the US went ahead with punitive taxes on French products that Washington has threatened to impose. Alwaght- French ministers warned on Tuesday that Paris and the European Union (EU) would retaliate if the US went ahead with punitive taxes on French products tha ...
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Iranian President Arrives in Japanese Capital, Calls for Help to Rein in US
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Iranian President Arrives in Japanese Capital, Calls for Help to Rein in US

Friday 20 December 2019 ،
Europeans for failing to confront the United States and make it abandon its hostile policies toward Tehran.  Whether Japan will be able to create a dramatic about-face in Washington's confrontation policies is anyone's guess.  Abe visited Iran in June, but as he sat for ...
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Russia Rebukes US Sanctions Targeting Nord Stream 2, Says US Hinders Economic Growth
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Russia Rebukes US Sanctions Targeting Nord Stream 2, Says US Hinders Economic Growth

Sunday 22 December 2019 ،
European countries are ready to sacrifice their own energy interests for those of the US, the Foreign Ministry added later in a statement. The sanctions package specifically targets companies involved in building the last remaining leg of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that runs between the Russian and ...
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Saudi Expanding Intel. Network From Asia To Europe
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Saudi Expanding Intel. Network From Asia To Europe

Sunday 9 February 2020 ،
European ties and support the Iranian separatist groups in Europe. Last week, Denmark security and intelligence service arrested 3 members of the Arab Struggle Movement for Liberation of Ahwaz terrorist group, or simply Al-Ahwaziya group, accusing them of spying for Riyadh. They gathered informatio ...
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Iran Only Country that Can’t Import Medical Items Due to US Sanctions: Ambassador
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Iran Only Country that Can’t Import Medical Items Due to US Sanctions: Ambassador

Thursday 19 March 2020 ،
European countries are abiding by the bans, which are throwing a wrench in the Islamic Republic’s fight against COVID-19. The Europeans who claim to be advocates of human rights should be ashamed of their behavior at a time when Iran is grappling with the fast-spreading-virus, he said.   ...
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Iran Sent Refinery Materials to Venezuela: Report
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Iran Sent Refinery Materials to Venezuela: Report

Sunday 14 February 2021 ،
European Union and other states to remove their unilateral sanctions against Venezuela. Alena Douhan made the request in a preliminary report published at the end of her two-week visit to Venezuela. She warned that the restrictive measure have exacerbated the country’s “pre-existing ca ...
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Russia Condemns US Sanctions over Navalny as ’Hostile Attack’
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Russia Condemns US Sanctions over Navalny as ’Hostile Attack’

Wednesday 3 March 2021 ،
European Union (EU) has also announced a package of sanctions against four Russian officials it described as responsible for Navalny's imprisonment. The EU decided to freeze the European assets and ban the entry of Prosecutor General Krasnov, head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, chairman ...

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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