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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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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’
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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’

Tuesday 6 October 2026
rights and human rights ALWAGHT- Iran has criticized Paris over its handling of student demonstrations, accusing France of selectively applying principles of protest rights and human rights. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei accused France of applying double standards to protest ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
rights of women and minorities are respected. That stance sits awkwardly alongside Amir Khan Muttaqi’s own outreach. In a meeting with Zalmay Khalilzad, he raised the issue, and in media interviews, including with The New York Times, he said the Taliban opposes the occupation of Afghanistan b ...
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
rights dispute. Some residents and local officials are asking how we can be prepared to hand over land to the Taliban when they are not paying our water rights. The final issue is the insecurity and security risks in Sistan-Baluchestan, which have intensified somewhat in recent months. The assassin ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
rights committee, said the measure is not an attack on religious freedom or freedom of expression. There is no ban on wearing a headscarf outside school, and the main goal is to maintain uniform rules in the educational environment, he told Al Jazeera. But for many devout Muslims, hijab restrictio ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
right to self-determination and to an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous state along the June 4, 1967 borders. The ministers also condemned settler violence, settlement activity in the West Bank and Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and efforts to alter the city's legal and historical status, call ...
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
right-wing allies in the Tuesday Knesset elections. He, therefore, hoped that launching a third round of war with Iran would postpone the vote for a while and give him more time to shore up his political standing and that of the far-right camp. But the army, on the front line and wary of the consequ ...
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
right in Strait of Hormuz The recent admission of former US President Barack Obama about thousands of the US troops being injured during Iranian attacks, depletion of air defense missile reserves, and that Iran now has veto right over the oil flow in the Strait of Hormuz show the consequences of th ...
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Arab Parties and the Decisive Game of Israeli Cabinet Formation
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Arab Parties and the Decisive Game of Israeli Cabinet Formation

Sunday 1 November 2026 ،
rightest outcome in their record of election participation. With this stunning success, the Arabs parties have made the scenarios facing the Zionist parties contingent on their own playbook and strategy. In other words, among the available and viable scenarios, the ball is now squarely in the court ...
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?

Sunday 1 November 2026 ،
Farsian, a legal scholar and university professor, argued in a published note that the new directive goes beyond a military operational order, calling it a sign of a shift in how national security territory is defined. He wrote that in today's world, threats are no longer confined to geographic ...
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert

Monday 2 November 2026 ،
right currents is another obstacle. He stressed that Netanyahu now holds 53 seats and must enter a coalition with other parties to reach the 61-seat majority, but those very parties are at serious odds with him over another Netanyahu premiership and the Haredi draft exemption. On the other side, Ne ...

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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.