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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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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?

Wednesday 16 July 2025
Minister and the Head of the Center for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs of the Iranian Ministry of Interior, also announced in March that the number of authorized and unauthorized Afghan nationals in the country as 6,100,000, saying: “Of this number, 2,100,000 are authorized, 2 millio ...
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, noting that last year the country hosted more than five million foreign pilgrims, more than 3 million of whom were from Iran and the rest from other countries, called on his the Pakistani counterpart to manage the return movement of the Pakistani pilgrims to their co ...
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrow, the two sides announced their joint decision to hold an international conference at the United Nations. The conference will be held in New York on July 28-29, and aims to work out a roadmap for the formation of a P ...
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Why Are Israeli Elites and Rights Organizations Now Growing Critical of War Crimes in Gaza?
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Why Are Israeli Elites and Rights Organizations Now Growing Critical of War Crimes in Gaza?

Monday 4 August 2025 ،
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli military over the past two years of genocidal war has targeted the civilians in Gaza just because of them being Palestinians, causing severe and in some cases irreparable damage to the Palestinian society. In the reports by these two organizations, ...
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Just for Show: Why Are Aid Airdrops not a Solution to Gaza Catastrophe?
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Just for Show: Why Are Aid Airdrops not a Solution to Gaza Catastrophe?

Friday 8 August 2025 ،
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Actually, it can be said that aid in Gaza is not a mere technical and logistic issue. Rather, it has become a political, moral and legal matter. The silence or inaction of the influential countries or just dropping some futile and symbolic aid cannot calm the conscience ...
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Araghchi Calls for US Sanctions to Be Labeled Crimes Against Humanity
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Araghchi Calls for US Sanctions to Be Labeled Crimes Against Humanity

Wednesday 13 August 2025 ،
Health study, he highlighted that sanctions are far from “bloodless,” showing that unilateral measures—especially those led by the US—have contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths since the 1970s, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations like children and the ...
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Hezbollah Weapons and an Impossible Disarming Agenda
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Hezbollah Weapons and an Impossible Disarming Agenda

Sunday 17 August 2025 ،
Lebanese government under the American duress is pushing for Hezbollah disarming, but the resistance movement had a strong popular base and key security role. Alwaght- On August 5, the Lebanese cabinet held a session led by President Joseph Aoun. The most important agenda of the session was restrict ...
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Ten MoUs Signed Between Iran and Armenia During Pezeshkian’s Trip
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Ten MoUs Signed Between Iran and Armenia During Pezeshkian’s Trip

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
Minister Nikol Pashinyan and accompanied by a joint statement emphasizing mutual partnership. During the visit, Pezeshkian participated in an official reception and met with Armenia-based Iranians, Iranologists, and business leaders. The trip was part of Tehran’s broader strategy to strengthe ...
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation

Monday 25 August 2025 ،
Minister Ishaq Dar met with Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi to break the ice of the relations between Kabul and Islamabad and the two sides announced their readiness to accelerate the process of upgrading diplomatic relations from chargé d'affaires to ambassadorial level. However, d ...
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
Minister Israel Katz, razing the building to the ground. Katz has threatened to wipe out Gaza’s inhabitants, stating that the initial warnings to evacuate multi-story buildings are just the beginning, as they are now being targeted. Tel Aviv has put out claims that these towers were being us ...

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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.