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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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Renewed Gaza Offensive: What Are the Israeli Occupational Aims?
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Renewed Gaza Offensive: What Are the Israeli Occupational Aims?

Wednesday 9 April 2025
First: Expanding the operation into a grand plan to occupy the entire Gaza Strip and cleanse it using 6 military divisions. Second: Trying to prolong the first phase to rescue a number of prisoners. In this regard, writer Wissam Afifeh, speaking to Al Jazeera, believes that Israel is trying to occ ...
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US
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What’s behind Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Failure in the US

Saturday 12 April 2025 ،
Firstly, Iran is completely skeptical of the goodwill and will of the American side due to the experience of the US unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), during the first term of the Trump presidency and the decline to li ...
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism
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Turkic World Project Falling, Dealing Blow to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
Erdogan may need to review his thoughts about Turkic World as Turkic Central Asian republics choose Europe over Ankara. Alwaght- Contrary to popular belief, the foreign relations of the government of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are not better than the disturbed economic and internal c ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
Foreign Minister Assad al-Sheybani. Al-Jolani, who has recently named himself the president of the transition period without any election following a controversial new constitutional statement, is now prioritizing his foreign visits after making sure of stabilizing his position in power of new Syri ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025 ،
Federal government and Kurdistan region’s road to stable relations remains hostage to unresolved oil dispute. Alwaght- The relations between Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and the mutual charges over smuggling of this vital substance have gone frayed ag ...
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
The two countries are showing a great will to engage in deeper energy partnership to neutralize US pressures. Alwaght- The political transformation in Iran-Iraq relations—from hostility under Saddam Hussein to unity after his fall—has significantly reshaped their relations dynamics. Iraq ...
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What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?
Analysis

What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi grabbed the world media attention, with each outlet trying to assess the behind the scenes of the Russian role in these negotiations with regard to the stances of the two sides and the main mission of the Iranian delegation which is the delivery of a message from Iran ...
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert
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Riyadh Wants Stronger Ties with Tehran after Defense Minister Visit: Expert

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi to Moscow and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the visit of Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi to Tehran and the series of other visits that have taken place in the region show that Iran is not a coun ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
First period: Taliban's help to Russian separatists: For the first time in 1996, the Taliban managed to form its rule in Afghanistan, and three years after takeover of power by the group, the second Chechen war began in 1999. During this war, from 1999 to 2009, the Taliban backed the Chechen fig ...
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Araghchi Commends China, Russia as Strategic Partners During Visit to Beijing
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Araghchi Commends China, Russia as Strategic Partners During Visit to Beijing

Wednesday 23 April 2025 ،
First Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang to reinforce bilateral ties and advance their 25-year cooperation plan. Both sides discussed expanding collaboration within multilateral frameworks like the SCO and BRICS while opposing unilateralism and global bullying. Araghchi also raised concerns over Israel&rsqu ...

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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