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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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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026
Iranian armed forces and failed to produce the expected results. Reports showed that American warships on Monday took limited measures to ensure safe passage of the ships through the key waterway, but faced resolute reaction of the Iranian armed forces. On Tuesday, Trump announced halt of the projec ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
Iranian missiles and drones. Shamsan added that Iran is not merely imposing a selective blockade but working to uproot US hegemony and establish a new maritime order, with Iranian strikes having neutralized 9 to 14 US bases among 288 targeted installations. Shamsan warned of dangerous signals ahead ...
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
Iranian armed forces in the Persian Gulf is that their fingers are on the trigger. Iran no longer sees the current situation as a ceasefire but as a continuation of hostilities, and that is the lens through which it responds to developments and movements by the US forces outside the Persian Gulf, es ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
Iranian war, as Trump thinks that if NATO was involved, Washington could make considerable gains. Finally, Europe is now in a sensitive point in which any miscalculation can sink it into a costly and attritive crisis. London and Paris may think that their limited military presence in the Persian G ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Iranian vessels and ports, insisting that the measures violate a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire. Iran has stated it will not reopen the Strait—through which one-fifth of the world's oil and gas supplies pass—unless the illegal blockade is lifted and the war reaches a permanent end.
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
Analysis

Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
Iranians and the world public opinion to counter American media attempts to bury it. Alwaght- Nearly three months after Minab school war crime by the US and Israeli regime, the wound is still fresh, never to fade from memory of the Iranians. In addition to several commemorations, recently a new cer ...
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How’s Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Changed the Face of Modern Wars?
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How’s Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Changed the Face of Modern Wars?

Tuesday 2 June 2026 ،
Iranian drone introduced a product highly battleground-effective while low-cost. Alwaght- In modem wars, suicide drones, or what are known as loitering munitions, present themselves as the most determining tools in the battles. These weapon systems combine the capabilities of surveillance and loiter ...
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck

Saturday 6 June 2026 ،
Iranian political and military officials, threatening to halt talks and rain missiles on the northern occupied territories if Dahieh and Beirut were attacked, quickly forced Trump to call Netanyahu and stop him in his tracks. In this development, the important issue was the working of Iranian threa ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
Iranian military readiness, the way of Iran's use of two ceasefires for rebuilding its military power, and also a transformation of the operational doctrine of the Axis of Resistance. A look at aspects of these attacks shows that at least four points lie deep in these operations: 1. Iran's ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
Iranian missile strikes at American bases came as the US escalation came in response to Apache helicopter crash. Alwaght- While the US President Donald Trump everyday talks about being close to a deal with Iran, the developments on the ground suggest that there is a considerable distance between the ...

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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.