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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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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
Analysis

Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026
Iranian officials have repeatedly stressed that, after the recent upheavals and conflicts, the region’s equations would not revert to the pre-war era, and that security arrangements in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz must be redefined to line up with the new realities. Within that f ...
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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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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
Iranian reactions are no longer valid and new equations are brewing.  What matters more than the attack itself are its political and strategic consequences. For the first time, the perception took hold across the region that Iran is now ready to step in directly, and raise the cost of the othe ...
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal
Analysis

Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
Iranian officials standing as one of the most important signs that mediation channels are now active. At the same time as Trump’s comments, several major media outlets fueled the speculation frenzy by publishing reports, citing informed sources, about the contents of an alleged agreement. Ax ...
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New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?
Analysis

New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?

Thursday 18 June 2026 ،
Iranian support to the stability in Lebanon against the Israeli aggression in the interim deal with the US, Tehran is pressing ahead with these efforts diplomatically at regional level, to secure a key guarantee about Syria not intervening in Lebanon. Evidence suggests that the effort is underway am ...
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Two Clashing Views: Ambiguities of Strait of Hormuz Legal Status Post-War
Analysis

Two Clashing Views: Ambiguities of Strait of Hormuz Legal Status Post-War

Sunday 21 June 2026 ،
Iranian account has an important difference with that of the US. In the deal, their is no mention of the Strait of Hormuz but there is mention of safe transit of commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. Observers say this wording was chosen deliberately, to decouple the transit arrang ...
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Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?
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Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?

Wednesday 24 June 2026 ،
Iranian attacks targeting the US military bases in Bahrain, as well as spreading false information and news online. Meanwhile, Seyyed Morteza Al-Sindi, head of Bahrain's Islamic Al-Wefaq movement, released new figures on the crackdown against Shiites in recent days, reporting 560 arrests and the ...
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Tehran Warns US Against Interference in Strait of Hormuz
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Tehran Warns US Against Interference in Strait of Hormuz

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
Iranian Armed Forces. The statement said all oil tankers and commercial vessels must follow Iran-designated transit routes through the strait, warning that any deviation from navigation protocols would prompt an immediate and decisive military response that could endanger violating vessels. The he ...

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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.