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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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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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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic and national security, on Friday people staged large-scale Self-sacrificers' Exercise to highlight their support to the country. The large gathering included people from all walks of life and social layers, stressing that their backing to the Islamic Republic, armed forces, and ...
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Sheikh Qassem: Liberation of Occupied Territories Requires Continued Resistance
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Sheikh Qassem: Liberation of Occupied Territories Requires Continued Resistance

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Islamic unity alongside continued resistance. He also described resistance as a response to occupation and aggression across the region. Addressing the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Qassem said the campaign failed to achieve its stated objective of overthrowing the Islamic Republic’s political s ...
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment
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Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei Pays Tribute to Nasrallah, Reiterates Iran’s Commitment

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Islamic Republic and became a defining element of its identity. He said the period left lessons of courage, faith, resistance, morality and national solidarity. He also rejected any return to what he characterized as Iran’s former era of dependence and humiliation, emphasizing independence, d ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Islamic Republic of Iran has championed that position from the start. Referring to past Iran-US talks over Iraq, he said that when Iraq was under American occupation and Washington had no intention of leaving, the Americans, mired in a security quagmire, raised the idea of negotiating with Iran. T ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
Islamic Unity Party, as well as others including representatives of Ghani's government, attended these meetings.  After rise to power of the Taliban again, the composition of the participants changed and in some recent meetings, Taliban opposition groups attended. However, concerning the e ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
Analysis

Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
Islamic headscarf. Images of schoolgirls left stranded behind closed doors, along with protests from their families, reverberated not only across social media and domestic outlets but internationally as well, because this ban was unfolding not in a Western, non-Muslim country, but in a nation with ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed a string of attacks on American positions and interests in Iraq and the region, attacks that demonstrated how expanding the war to Iran could activate additional fronts. Rudaw reported on April 8 that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it had carried out 831 atta ...
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert

Monday 2 November 2026 ،
Islamic Republic of Iran, as a regional power, monitors all developments. It should be noted that the Iran-Israel confrontation is existential in nature, and a change of government in Tel Aviv will not eliminate this enmity.  A change of government in Israel might alter the tactics of confront ...

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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.