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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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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House

Monday 9 June 2025
Governor Gavin Newsom said the federal government is creating chaos so it can have an excuse to escalate things. This is not the way any civilised country behaves”. He also called the decision to deploy National Guard as a deliberate and cowardly action, adding it only escalates tensions.  ...
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Iran Warns of Swift and Firm Reaction If IAEA Board Adopts Anti-Iran Resolution
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Iran Warns of Swift and Firm Reaction If IAEA Board Adopts Anti-Iran Resolution

Tuesday 10 June 2025 ،
Governors. He warned that any punitive IAEA decision would trigger a proportional response from Tehran, holding the sponsoring nations accountable for the consequences. Araghchi emphasized Iran's opposition to nuclear weapons while defending its right to peaceful nuclear energy, praising Japan& ...
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Los Angeles Enforces Curfew Amid Protests Expanding to Additional US Cities
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Los Angeles Enforces Curfew Amid Protests Expanding to Additional US Cities

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
Governor Gavin Newsom and other local officials strongly criticized Trump’s deployment of over 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines, calling it an excessive and politically motivated escalation that inflamed the situation. Newsom warned that the crisis could spread nationwide and accuse ...
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Nuclear Chief Eslami Rejects the IAEA’s Non-compliance Report on Iran, Calling Tt A ‘Big Lie’
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Nuclear Chief Eslami Rejects the IAEA’s Non-compliance Report on Iran, Calling Tt A ‘Big Lie’

Wednesday 11 June 2025 ،
Governors meeting. He cautioned that if a confrontational stance is taken, Iran will respond with countermeasures. He highlighted that Iran has undergone over 427 inspections in 2023 and 2024—an unprecedented level of scrutiny—and emphasized that IAEA cameras monitor all nuclear sites co ...
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Iran’s President Orders a Halt to Cooperation with The IAEA Over Political Issues
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Iran’s President Orders a Halt to Cooperation with The IAEA Over Political Issues

Wednesday 2 July 2025 ،
Governors recently passed an anti-Iran resolution based on Grossi’s report, which Iran claims was used as justification for Israeli military aggression. On June 13, Israel launched attacks targeting Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians, actions condemned by Iran as un ...
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
Security and economic drivers seem to be key for the Iranian decision to say no to Afghan immigrants after nearly 5 decades. Alwaght- Over 5 decades have gone since the immigration of Afghans to Iran, a large immigration that started with the eruption of the clashes between the Soviet Red Army and t ...
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Sewage Overflows Hit Israeli Cities; Beit Shemesh Engulfed in Filth
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Sewage Overflows Hit Israeli Cities; Beit Shemesh Engulfed in Filth

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Governorate (occupied al-Quds) ALWAGHT- Hebrew sources report that an unspecified technical malfunction in sewage disposal equipment in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem Governorate (occupied al-Quds), has led to sewage spilling onto the city’s streets. The Water and Sewage Company of the Israeli regim ...
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MKO-Linked Sabotage Team Disbanded by Iranian Intelligence in SE Tehran
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MKO-Linked Sabotage Team Disbanded by Iranian Intelligence in SE Tehran

Tuesday 5 August 2025 ،
Governor of Pakdasht County, announced that Iranian intelligence forces recently apprehended a three-member sabotage team aiming to undermine public security and create instability. The team was tracked and captured after a thorough surveillance operation. Hassanpour emphasized that hostile groups ...
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Airstrikes By Israel Hit Nabatieh and Aita al-Shaab in Southern Lebanon
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Airstrikes By Israel Hit Nabatieh and Aita al-Shaab in Southern Lebanon

Sunday 31 August 2025 ،
Governorate targeted, including the highlands of Ali al-Taher and al-Dabsha, as well as areas near Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Tibnit. Civilians in surrounding areas were placed at risk as Israeli warplanes repeatedly bombed the same sites in quick succession. In addition to the air raids, Israeli d ...
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
Electoral commission disqualified a large number of candidates for a variety of reasons including corruption, etc. Alwaght- With just two months left to Iraq's parliamentary elections, sensitivities over the candidate vetting process has intensified. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IH ...

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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.