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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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British Special Forces Probed Over Killing Innocent Afghan Civilians: Report
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British Special Forces Probed Over Killing Innocent Afghan Civilians: Report

Monday 3 July 2017
Fatou Bensouda’s office. February this year, Washington DC-based Physicians for Social Responsibility (PRS) released a landmark study concluding that the death toll from 10 years of the US-led  so-called “War on Terror” since the 9/11 attacks is at least 1.3 million, and coul ...
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British Troops Committed War Crimes in Iraq: ICC
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British Troops Committed War Crimes in Iraq: ICC

Tuesday 5 December 2017 ،
Fatou Bensouda said that following a thorough factual and legal assessment of the available information, the prosecutor’s office believes “that there is reasonable basis to believe” that members of the UK armed forces “committed war crimes” against persons in their cust ...
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US Bans ICC Prosecutor Over Afghan War Crimes Probe
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US Bans ICC Prosecutor Over Afghan War Crimes Probe

Friday 5 April 2019 ،
Fatou Bensouda would continue to pursue her duties for The Hague-based court “without fear or favor” despite the ban, her office said in a statement. The move against Bensouda, a Gambian national, comes weeks after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced restrictions on ICC staff wh ...
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ICC Prosecutor Calls for Probe into Crimes Committed against Rohingya
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ICC Prosecutor Calls for Probe into Crimes Committed against Rohingya

Friday 5 July 2019 ،
Fatou Bensouda wants to investigate crimes of deportation, inhumane acts and persecution committed as the Rohingya were driven from Myanmar, which is not a member of the global court, into Bangladesh, which is an ICC member. Bensouda said on Thursday that a preliminary probe established “a re ...
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Reactions to ICC Probe into Israeli War Crimes against Palestinians
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Reactions to ICC Probe into Israeli War Crimes against Palestinians

Sunday 22 December 2019 ،
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of ICC, said Friday there was reasonable basis to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. In brief, I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, she sa ...
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ICC’s Israeli War Crimes Probe: Chances, Challenges
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ICC’s Israeli War Crimes Probe: Chances, Challenges

Wednesday 25 December 2019 ،
Fatou Bensouda said that there are logical reasons to believe that war crimes have been committed by the Israeli military in Gaza Strip, Eastern Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and West Bank. The ICC chief mentioned in three categories the war crimes that are expected to be subject to the upcoming probe. The ...
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Israeli Regime Halts Jordan Valley Annexation Following ICC War Crimes Probe
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Israeli Regime Halts Jordan Valley Annexation Following ICC War Crimes Probe

Wednesday 25 December 2019 ،
Fatou Bensouda said a preliminary examination into war crimes, opened in 2015, had provided enough information to meet all criteria for opening an inquiry. There was “a reasonable basis” to investigate the situation in Palestine, she said. “I am satisfied that ...
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By Denying Iran FM Visa for Security Council visit, US Lost Moral Tight to Serve as Home for UN
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By Denying Iran FM Visa for Security Council visit, US Lost Moral Tight to Serve as Home for UN

Wednesday 8 January 2020 ،
Fatou Bensouda after she announced her intent to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan, including any committed by US forces. In 2018, in the aftermath of the Skripal poisoning affair, the United States, along with its NATO allies ordered the expulsion of Russian diplomats. Of the 60 diplomats the ...
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Over 180 Human Rights Groups Call on ICC to Investigate Israeli Regime’s Crimes
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Over 180 Human Rights Groups Call on ICC to Investigate Israeli Regime’s Crimes

Thursday 30 April 2020 ،
Fatou Bensouda, to investigate the Israeli regime’s crimes in the occupied territories. Alwaght- Over 180 human rights campaigners and organizations urged the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, to investigate the Israeli regime’s crimes in the occupied ...
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ICC Can Probe Israeli Crimes: Chief Prosecutor
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ICC Can Probe Israeli Crimes: Chief Prosecutor

Friday 1 May 2020 ،
Fatou Bensouda wrote in a 60-document published on Thursday. The ICC chief argued in detail in the document that the State of Palestine – an ICC member - fulfills all required criteria to file a criminal case in the court. The announcement was welcomed later in the day by the Palestine Liber ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

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