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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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Why Obama Criticized Saudi Regime, Turkey?
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Why Obama Criticized Saudi Regime, Turkey?

Monday 14 March 2016
Islamic Republic’s enemies in the region. It is trying to align these states along with the Israeli regime against Iran which has long maintained an anti-Zionist stance. Washington is bidding on cornering the Saudis and Turks into accepting the Israelis as regional allies. It seems that the U ...
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Israeli Regime Cracks Down on Palestinian Media
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Israeli Regime Cracks Down on Palestinian Media

Tuesday 15 March 2016 ،
Islamic Jihad. The Israelis claimed that the offices of Palestine Today were shuttered over its “inciting broadcasts.” In a sign of resistance, the channel continued to broadcast from the Gaza Strip as the Islamic Jihad affirmed the media’s role in disseminating the truth about th ...
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Russia Rejects Sanctions on Iran over its Missiles
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Russia Rejects Sanctions on Iran over its Missiles

Tuesday 15 March 2016 ،
Islamic Republic. Alwaght- Russia has said recent ballistic missile tests by Iran did not violate UN resolutions and therefore sanctions should not be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin also announced that the tests were not in violation to th ...
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Independent States Need to Cooperate to Confront Superpowers: Iran’s Leader
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Independent States Need to Cooperate to Confront Superpowers: Iran’s Leader

Tuesday 15 March 2016 ،
Islamic Revolution has called for closer ties among independent countries to effectively confront interference by global superpowers. Alwaght- The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for closer cooperation among independent countries to effectively confront int ...
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Nowruz, Iranian Tradition, Welcomed by Islam
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Nowruz, Iranian Tradition, Welcomed by Islam

Wednesday 16 March 2016 ،
Islamic characters; in another words, they mixed their Iranian traditions with their Islamic belief. Islamic traditions associate Nowruz with the day when angel Gabriel appeared to Prophet Mohammad (S), the day of Ghadeer and the day of the re-emergence of The Lord of our Time, Imam Mahdi (aj). On t ...
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Iran’s Weapons Only for Self-Defense: Rouhani
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Iran’s Weapons Only for Self-Defense: Rouhani

Wednesday 16 March 2016 ،
Islamic Republic has never sought to launch aggression against any country. “We have had and no intention of invading any country, particularly our neighbors, with our missiles and we will not do so, and our arms are [designed] solely to defend our nation and country,” Rouhani said after ...
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27 Killed in Nigeria Terrorist Attacks
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27 Killed in Nigeria Terrorist Attacks

Wednesday 16 March 2016 ،
Islamic insurgent group, an official said Wednesday. Two civilians from Huyum village in Askira Uba Local of Borno state were also killed in an ensued shootout between surviving vigilante operatives and ambushing members of Boko Haram, the official said. The spokesperson for the Vigilante Group in B ...
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Israeli Regime Bars Palestinians from Friday Prayers at Al-Aqsa
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Israeli Regime Bars Palestinians from Friday Prayers at Al-Aqsa

Thursday 17 March 2016 ،
Islamic site, also holy to the Jews. The mosque is Islam’s third-holiest site after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina. Increased Israeli regime’s presence at the site last year contributed to an escalation of tensions that triggered a the third Intifada or uprising ...
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Russian Backyard Subject to Regional Tensions
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Russian Backyard Subject to Regional Tensions

Thursday 17 March 2016 ،
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and militant groups from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Russia’s Chechnya and China’s Uyghurs. Meanwhile, different regional factors could take a role in inciting Taliban’s or some of its fractions’ occasional or strategic attacks and pene ...
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Trump Warns of Riots across America if He Losses Nomination
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Trump Warns of Riots across America if He Losses Nomination

Thursday 17 March 2016 ،
Islamic Human Rights Organization (IHRC) named the Republican presidential hopeful 'the world's worst Islamophobe' in an annual event in London, which the group said attempts to subvert Islamophobia through comedy while addressing a serious and significant issue.    

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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.