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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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What Do we Know about Chinese and Russian Air Bridge to Iran?
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What Do we Know about Chinese and Russian Air Bridge to Iran?

Saturday 21 February 2026
intervention in Venezuela and Beijing's concerns over growing U.S. influence on energy export chains, Iran's role as a key player outside Western control in China's energy portfolio has grown, and Beijing's reliance on Iranian oil has become increasingly pronounced. On the political ...
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Monday and discussed with him bilateral ties and regional developments. In the meeting, the two sides held extensive talks on the process of forming the Iraqi government and the challenges surrounding the candidates for prime minister and president. They also talked ...
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation

Wednesday 25 March 2026 ،
interventions in Iraq’s politics to pressure the government and resistance forces, military attacks on the Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) bases as part of Iraq’s official armed forces structure, and deep concerns over the destabilizing strategies of the US and the Israeli regime aimed ...
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture

Sunday 19 April 2026 ،
interventions of the US in West Asia have played as factors undermining the US. Creating a largely polarized view, this movement has halved the American society into the American and non-American and Christian and Muslim, and communist and capitalist poles, managing to magnetize a massive body of r ...
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Honors IRGC’s Heroic Acts During Conflicts
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Honors IRGC’s Heroic Acts During Conflicts

Wednesday 22 April 2026 ،
intervention. In his message marking the anniversary of the IRGC's founding, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf praises the IRGC's sacrifices in fighting the enemies during three imposed wars and their role in suppressing armed insurgencies aimed at destabilizing Iran's borders. He views these co ...
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
interventionist policies. These are countries that have tasted the bitter reality of Western colonialism for centuries. They carry deep wounds from humanitarian suffering and historical injustice. And today, they see Iran as a standard-bearer in the fight against unilateralism, especially after the ...
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No Military Solution for Strait of Hormuz, World Countries Need to Cooperate with Iran: Expert
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No Military Solution for Strait of Hormuz, World Countries Need to Cooperate with Iran: Expert

Monday 4 May 2026 ،
intervention in the political, security, and economic arrangements of the region. Tehran believes that foreign intervention has created the conditions for instability and insecurity, and that if foreign intervention is eliminated, the countries of the region can certainly architect their own securit ...
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Iran Describes Its Counterproposal to US as ‘Reasonable and Responsible’
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Iran Describes Its Counterproposal to US as ‘Reasonable and Responsible’

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. During his weekly press briefing in Tehran on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei addressed Iran's proposal—delivered to the US through mediator Pakistan—in response to an earlier American peace proposal aimed at endin ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
Analysis

What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
interventionist policies, factors that, in their view, only deepen instability and insecurity in Iraq. Therefore, if Ankara’s involvement in this case is confirmed, the resistance groups are expected to respond with sharp rhetoric and both political and field-based actions against Turkey. Tha ...
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
intervention, but he has now dragged the US into a quagmire, inflicting lasting damage on both American foreign policy and his own credibility abroad. Trump’s ongoing stalemate in the war against Iran persists as he faces domestic pressure from rising gasoline prices and low approval ratings ...

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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.