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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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Russian President Awards WWII Medal to North Korea’s Leader
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Russian President Awards WWII Medal to North Korea’s Leader

Wednesday 6 May 2020
Kim Jong-un a commemorative medal for his efforts to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who died during World War II. Alwaght- Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un a commemorative medal for his efforts to commemorate the Soviet soldiers who died during Wor ...
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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point
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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point

Wednesday 17 June 2020 ،
Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, who serves as a senior official of the ruling Workers’ Party, rejected the proposal, calling it tactless and sinister,” according to KCNA. She further criticized Moon over his failure to implement the 2018 inter-Korean pact, saying he has put his ...
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No Need to Have Talks with US: North Korea
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No Need to Have Talks with US: North Korea

Saturday 4 July 2020 ،
Kim Jong Un should meet again before the US elections in November, which would help resume the stalled nuclear negotiations. Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, told reporters in New York on Thursday that the president might seek another summit with Kim as an “October ...
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N Korea Developed Miniature Nuclear Devices Fitting into Ballistic Warheads: UN Claims
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N Korea Developed Miniature Nuclear Devices Fitting into Ballistic Warheads: UN Claims

Tuesday 4 August 2020 ،
Kim Jong-un said at the time that Pyongyang no longer needed to conduct nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic missile tests because it had completed its goal of developing the weapons. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un says the country now has “absolute might” thanks to its n ...
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un

Saturday 9 January 2021 ،
Kim Jong-un said on Saturday, insisting that the hostile policy adopted by Washington toward Pyongyang will not change regardless of who leads the White House. Alwaght- The US is the “biggest enemy” of North Korea, the country's leader Kim Jong-un said on Saturday, insisting that the ...
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N Korea Advanced Weapons Programs in 2020 despite Sanctions: UN
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N Korea Advanced Weapons Programs in 2020 despite Sanctions: UN

Tuesday 9 February 2021 ،
Kim Jong-un has vowed to strengthen its military capabilities and place “the state defense capabilities on a much higher level, and put forth goals for realizing it.” At a military parade in October 2020, Pyongyang showed off a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the first long-rang ...
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N Korea Unresponsive to Behind-The-Scenes US Outreach
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N Korea Unresponsive to Behind-The-Scenes US Outreach

Sunday 14 March 2021 ،
Kim Jong Un. Trump’s efforts failed to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. The Biden administration official said it appeared there had been no active dialogue between the United States and North Korea for more than a year, including at the end of Trump’s administratio ...
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S Korea Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
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S Korea Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

Tuesday 7 September 2021 ،
Kim Jong-un told a congress that Pyongyang had completed plans for a nuclear-powered submarine. Facing harsh sanctions by the United Nations and the United States over its nuclear and missile programs, the North has held three successive rounds of inconclusive negotiations with the US under th ...
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N Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles after ‘Hypersonic’ Missile Test
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N Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles after ‘Hypersonic’ Missile Test

Tuesday 19 October 2021 ،
Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jong, described it as an “interesting and good idea,” but noted that she was expressing her “personal opinion.” While Pyongyang has shown no intention of giving up its missile tests, conducting a series of launches, including of a ...
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Russia and China in New Push to Lift UN Sanctions on North Korea
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Russia and China in New Push to Lift UN Sanctions on North Korea

Tuesday 2 November 2021 ،
Kim Jong-un and hopes grew about a deal. However, the efforts fell as the US insisted that Pyongyang needs to destroys its nuclear and missile capabilities before Washington would look into lifting the sanctions. 

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution