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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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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026
Islamic Republic, and in his latest comments he described it the military conflict and even small potatoes. Trump appears to be trying to downplay the role of the Strait of Hormuz to pretend to the public that the war consequences are low-cost and controlled and to insunate that Washington has the ...
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic. Tehran's countermove has been stark: if its own oil exports are to be choked off, it warned, then the free and low-cost passage of crude from other regional producers can no longer be taken for granted. Recent reports about escalating war over tanker traffic confirms this issu ...
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic seems to have scored high in military and intelligence terms by this hunt, despite Washington's claims that the submarine system is old and malfunctioning. The War Zone website reported that seizing the system relatively intact gives Tehran a considerable privilege. Hunting an ...
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IRGC and Army Commanders Emphasize Need for Robust Defense
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IRGC and Army Commanders Emphasize Need for Robust Defense

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Ahmad Vahidi and Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami held talks ALWAGHT- Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Ahmad Vahidi and Army Commander Major General Amir Hatami held talks on the la ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Islamic Revolution’s martyred leader, Ansarallah made a pivotal decision: to begin actual flights from the airport, formally declaring an end to Saudi control over Yemeni airspace. But the kingdom’s belligerent move handed Ansarallah the opening it needed. Drawing on the valuable experie ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck facilities linked to the Fifth Fleet with ballistic missiles and drones. On July 24, the IRGC reported heavy damage to a Fifth Fleet observation tower. Rereading the war, then, shows how Bahrain morphed from a relatively secure command-and ...
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IRGC Shoots Down Fourth MQ-1 Drone Over Strait of Hormuz
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IRGC Shoots Down Fourth MQ-1 Drone Over Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its integrated air defense network intercepted and destroyed a fourth MQ-1 drone in recent days ALWAGHT- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its integrated air defense network intercepted and destroyed a fourth MQ-1 drone in recent days while it ...
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot
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Iranian Cleric Assassination: Marks of Israeli-American Plot

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic of Iran. Time and again, these mercenary groups have stormed police outposts, government offices and patrol units, or launched blind attacks on civilians, effectively spreading fear and anxiety among the public. Kidnappings and banditry, too, are carried out in part to paint the pro ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic of Iran's stance on Lebanon, saying: One of Iran's conditions for a ceasefire was an end to fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon, but Netanyahu rejected this and continued his aggression against Lebanon. He added that the Islamic Republic of Iran had also set a red lin ...
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Iranian Forces Shoot Down Another US MQ-9 Over Qeshm Island, Marking 52nd Drone Loss
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Iranian Forces Shoot Down Another US MQ-9 Over Qeshm Island, Marking 52nd Drone Loss

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that its air defense units had brought down the 52nd MQ-9 Reaper drone ALWAGHT- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that its air defense units had brought down the 52nd MQ-9 Reaper drone operated by opposing forces since the start of ...

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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.