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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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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025
Leadership Network (ELN) also stated in a report said that Israel targeted symbols of state power, including Evin Prison and IRIB facilities, aiming to undermine the image of Iran's deterrence. The objective was to frame Iran's weakness against Israeli military capability, hoping to spark do ...
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
of Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado who on Friday was announced winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 for her so-called struggle for reviving democracy in Venezuela is now at the center of controversies and criticism for this award. The Nobel Committee described Machado the key and unifying ...
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
of Venezuelan airspace, the US has now seized a tanker, taking a new step to direct confrontation with Caracas. The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced Washington seized a tanker off Venezuela coast. We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, l ...
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US Pursuing Own Agenda, not a Deal, behind Iran Negotiations: Expert
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US Pursuing Own Agenda, not a Deal, behind Iran Negotiations: Expert

Saturday 7 February 2026 ،
Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei that any outbreak of war would spread to the whole region, regional countries have come to recognize the need to establish a negotiating framework to prevent a conflict between Iran and the United States. On one hand, these regional states lack both the capacity and the c ...
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Operation True Promise 4: War of Attrition with Regional and International Aspects
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Operation True Promise 4: War of Attrition with Regional and International Aspects

Tuesday 3 March 2026 ،
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Iran has delivered a response far beyond the enemy’s expectations, launching missile and drone attacks against all regional countries hosting American forces based on the principle of international self-defense. Within just three days, Iran has fired dozens o ...
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National Unity Providing Iran Impenetrable Defense against Enemies as War Unfolds
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National Unity Providing Iran Impenetrable Defense against Enemies as War Unfolds

Thursday 5 March 2026 ،
Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei in an Israeli attack on his office in Tehran on Saturday, waves of spontaneous public movements began to overflow in support of the Islamic Republic and millions took to the streets and mosques in the capital Tehran and other cities to mourn their grand leader and once aga ...
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back

Sunday 15 March 2026 ،
Leader of the Revolution, took to the streets with fasting hearts in the holy month of Ramadan to create yet another historic scene of resilience and steadfastness in the history of the Islamic Revolution. In response to the message from Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader, Ira ...
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Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert
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Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert

Thursday 23 April 2026 ،
Leader of the Revolution, high-ranking commanders and officials, and a number of innocent people, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as it had announced before the enemy's aggression, attacked American interests and assets throughout the region as well as deep within the occupied territories. Simulta ...
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?
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Iran’s Global Position Redefined: How’s War Boosted Tehran’s Soft Power?

Saturday 2 May 2026 ،
Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei who with his martyrdom enlivened the depth and influence of the resistance discourse.  The moment news of this painful martyrdom broke, a wave of fierce protests and condemnations erupted across the globe, from the cities of Pakistan to Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq. This ...
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Velayati: Trump Blind to Global Economic and Political Truths
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Velayati: Trump Blind to Global Economic and Political Truths

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
Leader, blasted Donald Trump's recent comments, declaring that the US President's absurd behavior and follies won't hide the geopolitical facts on the ground. Ali Akbar Velayati, Senior Advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, sharply criticized Donald Trump's recent rhetori ...

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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.