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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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Araghchi Issues Warning to EU, NATO Over US-Israeli Actions
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Araghchi Issues Warning to EU, NATO Over US-Israeli Actions

Thursday 24 September 2026
Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi cautioned European and NATO officials against backing or enabling military actions targeting Gaza and Iran ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi cautioned European and NATO officials against backing or enabling military actions targeting Gaza ...
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Iran Rules Out Resuming Pre-War Diplomatic Track with US
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Iran Rules Out Resuming Pre-War Diplomatic Track with US

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reportedly presented Tehran’s positions to US envoy Steve Witkoff in New York. Among the conditions are lifting the US naval blockade on Iranian ports and vessels, releasing frozen Iranian assets, and ending the war on all resistance fronts.
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the Pentagon chief said the US, Iraq and coalition partners had achieved remarkable successes in defeating ISIS, and that Iraqi security forces, including the Peshmerga and other security forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, would now ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Secretary Scott Bessent who called on Wednesday for all countries to halt flights and airport services for Iranian passenger planes, Iraq’s initial move to cancel flights to and from Iran triggered a wave of backlash at home, from public opinion to elites and politicians alike. In a surprisin ...
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem. Marking Sacred Defense Week, Ayatollah Khamenei recalled Iran’s 1980–1988 war with Iraq as a period of national unity and resistance against foreign influence. He linked the conflict to earlier episodes of Western involvement in Iran, including the ...
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course

Wednesday 30 September 2026 ،
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s position on its nuclear program remains unchanged, while the proposal sets conditions for lifting restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz. He said Tehran considers the conditions reasonable and is awaiting an official US response. During talks with Aze ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
The US will work to deepen its non-military influence in Iraq, mainly in economy and decision-making areas. Alwaght- West Asia affairs expert Sayyed Hadi Afghahi in an interview with Alwaght pointed to the American military withdrawal from Iraq, saying that this is not an end to the American presenc ...
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Foreign Ministry fired back on X, calling the award a bid to legitimize what it termed anti-Israeli hatred and bigotry, unleashing sharp rhetoric against both Pillay and the Nobel Committee. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also weighed in, declaring the Nobel Committee had lost its moral ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Foreign Relations Committee, said during a trip to the region that the Pentagon had blocked his access to Al Udeid airbase in Qatar and refused to hold a briefing on the war. He described those moves as part of the administration’s effort to keep Congress and the public at arm’s length f ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, also told Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy: The adaptability and resilience of Iran's economy over the past 47 years have been consistently underestimated. Maloney recalled that even during Trump's first term, desp ...

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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.