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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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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture
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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture

Saturday 27 June 2026
Marco Rubio kicked off his regional tour in Kuwait. Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister as key players in the Geneva negotiations, headed to Muscat, signaling that the Iran-US dialogue is already being treated as a pivotal moment for regional dynamics. This is not just talk; it marks ...
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
Marco Rubio has toured Persian Gulf for the first time since the war with Iran and signing the peace deal with Tehran. Visiting the three countries of the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain, the top US diplomat also held a summit with (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council, closing the meeting with a joint statem ...
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The US and Its Dangerous Game amid Negotiations with Iran
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The US and Its Dangerous Game amid Negotiations with Iran

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
Marco Rubio, who dismissed the MoU with Iran as just a piece of paper and hinted at the possibility of talks collapsing, have only reinforced the perception that the Trump administration is unwilling to act on its promises.  Iranian officials insist that any agreement can only be stable and du ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, and in partnership with the private sector, have guaranteed this landmark agreement,” he said. The deal, he claimed, would more than double US oil reserves, dramati ...
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Marco Rubio concerning the disarmament of regional resistance groups. Mazaheri argued that the aviation issue could therefore affect the wider political balance between Baghdad and Tehran. The suspension has drawn criticism from several Iraqi political factions and former Prime Minister Adil Abdul- ...
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Lebanon Govt. Frustrated with US as Talks with Israel Run into Deadlock
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Lebanon Govt. Frustrated with US as Talks with Israel Run into Deadlock

Thursday 1 October 2026 ،
Marco Rubio called for a transparent timetable for implementing the deal for withdrawal of the occupiers. He stressed that the obligations must be carried out reciprocally and in phases, with Israel's full withdrawal from Lebanese territory proceeding in tandem with the expansion of the Lebanese ...
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Velayati Condemns Rubio’s Remarks, Says US Has No Moral Authority to Lecture Others
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Velayati Condemns Rubio’s Remarks, Says US Has No Moral Authority to Lecture Others

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Marco Rubio ALWAGHT- Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has criticized US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over remarks contrasting ancient Greek resistance with Iran’s approach to martyrdom. In a post on X on Saturday, October 10, 202 ...
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Rezaei Warns Washington of Another Historic Defeat, Citing Iran’s Victory over Rome
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Rezaei Warns Washington of Another Historic Defeat, Citing Iran’s Victory over Rome

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Marco Rubio’s speech in Athens, where Rubio invoked Western civilization while discussing Iran. Rezaei argued that those who bring history into the debate must also be prepared for past events to be repeated.
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Marco Rubio in Greece addressed the Greeks, but in their heart they carried anti-Iranian allegations that with distortion of reality and history demonstrated both the depth of the White House's vendetta and enemity to Iranian culture and civilization and generally the powerful Iran of the past a ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Marco Rubio in a phone conversation with Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged the government not to give in to Hezbollah’s push to hand over the explosives shipment.  Beirut's policy, thus, dovetails with Washington's demand that Hezbollah disarm, and in practice can only serve T ...

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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.