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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 Warns ISIS not to Approach its Borders
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Iran Warns ISIS not to Approach its Borders

Monday 16 November 2015
Iran’s Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan warned the ISIS terrorist group that approaching any closer than 40 kilometers to the Iranian borders will draw the country’s crushing response. Speaking to reporters on Monday, the top commander stressed that the Iranian Armed Force ...
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Iran's Leader Urges National Unity in Iraq to Thwart US Plots
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Iran's Leader Urges National Unity in Iraq to Thwart US Plots

Tuesday 24 November 2015 ،
Iran’s all-out readiness for sharing its scientific, technological, defense and service-providing experiences and capabilities with Iraq, adding: “Efforts must be made to further raise the level of economic cooperation between the two countries.” During this meeting, which was also attended by I ...
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ISIS in Iraq, Syria: A Comparison

ISIS in Iraq, Syria: A Comparison

Wednesday 25 November 2015 ،
Iran’s surroundings in the recent years. Alwaght- Having multiple political, intellectual, ideological, social, strategic and security dimensions, ISIS terrorist group is one of the most complicated phenomena growing in Iran’s surroundings in the recent years. Presently, the group is active in Iraq ...
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Iran’s Leader Warns of Enemy Infiltration, vows Continued Support for Palestine
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Iran’s Leader Warns of Enemy Infiltration, vows Continued Support for Palestine

Wednesday 25 November 2015 ،
Iran’s positions on different issues, particularly the question of Palestine and the issues of Bahrain, Yemen and Syria and Iraq are fully clear-cut and rational.” Stressing that the main objective pursued by the hegemonic powers’ front is to make the Palestinian cause slip into oblivion, the Lea ...
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Moscow-Washington Ties in the Light of West Asia's Developments
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Moscow-Washington Ties in the Light of West Asia's Developments

Wednesday 16 December 2015 ،
Iran’s role as a regional country, whose interests lie with preservation of the Syrian government and President al-Assad, is to watch the issue’s developments very closely and draw up its alternative scenarios. Although, the Syrian political future without Bashar al-Assad is not a favorite choice fo ...
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Washington’s Puppetry: From Fall of Ramadi’s to Its Recapture
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Washington’s Puppetry: From Fall of Ramadi’s to Its Recapture

Monday 28 December 2015 ،
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei as the time’s Vilayat-e-Faqih [or the Guardianship of the Jurist in English.] The Public Mobilization Forces have taken a major role in fight against ISIS’s militants and have managed to prove their viability in the battles of Amirli, Baiji and Tikr ...
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Muslims Should Aim to Attain a Modern Islamic Civilization: Iran's Leader
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Muslims Should Aim to Attain a Modern Islamic Civilization: Iran's Leader

Wednesday 30 December 2015 ،
Iran’s establishment is an example of the possibility of realizing these major objectives, adding: “Before the victory [in 1979] of the Islamic Revolution, Iran was scientifically, politically and socially backward, politically isolated and a fully dependent country in terms of [social] norms, but t ...
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West Asia in 2015

West Asia in 2015

Saturday 2 January 2016 ،
Iran’s nuclear deal, resumption of the US-Cuba diplomatic ties, Palestine’s third Intifada, ISIS crisis, Syria crisis, Paris terror attacks, Saudi-led military assault of Yemen, Europe’s refugee crisis, Hajj’s Mina disaster, tensions between Russia and Turkey, downing of Russian passenger jet over E ...
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Iran’s Army Ground Forces Holding War-Games
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Iran’s Army Ground Forces Holding War-Games

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Ground Forces on Friday started major military exercises aimed at improving offensive power. Alwaght- The Iranian Army’s Ground Forces on Friday started major military exercises aimed at improving offensive power. The massive Eqtedar 97 wargames of the Army's Ground Force will be staged f ...
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats

Sunday 9 August 2026 ،
Iran’s Army Ground Forces warned that any US military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response ALWAGHT- The commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces warned that any US military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response, stressing that the forc ...

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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.