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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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Bright Days ahead for Tehran-Baku Relations as Embassy Reopens
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Bright Days ahead for Tehran-Baku Relations as Embassy Reopens

Monday 22 July 2024
Karabakh developments resulted in a hasty move of Baku to sever ties with Tehran. But since the relationship between the two countries is not only neighborly and the common culture, civilization and religion show the unbreakable bond between the two countries, doors of diplomatic relations were reo ...
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
Karabakh dispute winded down after Azerbaijan recapture of its territory from Armenia last September, in recent days with Russia expressing its stance on a controversial corridor in Caucasus the wound has reopened in this region. In a speech last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said th ...
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Iran Opposed to Zangzor Corridor, Efforts Underway to Remove Tehran from Caucasus Equations: Expert
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Iran Opposed to Zangzor Corridor, Efforts Underway to Remove Tehran from Caucasus Equations: Expert

Monday 21 October 2024 ،
Karabakh from Armenia last year and dissolved autonomous government of Artsakh, the major tensions have been over their different interpretation of the article which is about a land corridor linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. Abbas Araghchi, as the head of the Iranian delegation, gave a speech at th ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Karabakh crisis and the tension between Armenia and Russia, NATO has been trying to get closer to Yerevan and hence closer to Russian borders, and to this end, they have made promises of Armenia membership in the NATO and in the EU commissions.  This time, the Westerners tried to realize this ...
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
Karabakh crisis, Turkey used the Idlib-based takfiri terrorists to fight alongside Azerbaijani forces against Armenia, stirring another crisis in the region. However, in all these crises, the Islamic Republic of Iran's approach was to maintain regional stability, defend the territorial integrity ...
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Iran’s President Supports the Peace Agreement Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Iran’s President Supports the Peace Agreement Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Sunday 16 March 2025 ،
Karabakh. The disputed Karabakh region, which has been internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was the focal point of two major wars between the countries in the 1990s and 2020. Azerbaijan regained control over the region following a brief military operation. Iranian Foreign Ministry spok ...
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making
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Al-Sharaa’s Azerbaijan Visit Suggests Anti-Iranian Bloc in the Making

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
Karabakh region and Central Asia by waging war and instability, is working to enhance its political, economic, and security influence in the region by taking advantage of its strategic geographical location at the intersection of West Asia, the Caucasus, and Europe. Baku’s territorial expansio ...
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Iran Backs Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace, Opposes Foreign Interference
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Iran Backs Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace, Opposes Foreign Interference

Saturday 9 August 2025 ،
Karabakh—a region internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, which regained control in September 2023. Tehran emphasized that peace in the Caucasus benefits all regional countries and welcomed the finalization of the agreement. While supporting the peace deal, Iran warned against the n ...
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The “Zangezur Corridor”: A US-Israeli Strategy 34 Years in the Making
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The “Zangezur Corridor”: A US-Israeli Strategy 34 Years in the Making

Saturday 9 August 2025 ،
Karabakh and the push for the Zangezur Corridor threatens Iran’s land connection to Armenia and potentially to Europe. Dariush Safarnejad described the Zangezur Corridor as a longstanding 34-year-old US plan, supported by NATO, the US, Europe, Israel, Turkey, and certain militant groups. He n ...
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?
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What Are Geopolitical Impacts of US-brokered Azerbaijan-Armenia Corridor Deal?

Monday 11 August 2025 ،
Karabakh region. The war has so far killed thousands of people from both sides and displaced over 100,000. In 2020, President Vladimir Putin of Russia mediated a ceasefire deal, but the negotiations managed to stop the war only for a short time. Azerbaijan in a lightening attack in 2023 seized Armen ...

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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.