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Iranian, Italian FMs Hold Talks on Hormuz Strait Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani discussed issues of mutual interest
Palestine at the Heart of Islamic World’s Concerns, Says Pezeshkian Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that the Palestinian issue, as the primary concern of the Islamic world
Iran Executes Two Convicted Mossad Operatives Iran carried out the executions of two men early Monday after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentences for alleged cooperation with Israel’s Mossad
Iran Rules Out US Negotiations, Says Hormuz Talks with Oman Are Temporary Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran is not engaged in any negotiations with Washington at present
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Iran, Oman Foreign Ministers Discuss Regional Developments by Phone The foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman held a telephone conversation on Monday
Iran Warns It Will Use All Means Necessary to Counter US Aggression Iran’s Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to using all tools necessary for self-defense
Ghalibaf: Military Victories Must Lead to Political Success Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the recent war ended in Iran’s favor
More Than 3.2 Million People Pass Through Iran on Way to Iraq for Arbaeen Iran has recorded the transit of more than 3.2 million Arbaeen pilgrims through its designated border crossings
Iran Prepared to Target US and Israeli Infrastructure Iran has prepared a comprehensive retaliatory plan targeting Israel’s critical infrastructure and US energy facilities in the region
Araghchi Cautions Britain Over Backing Aggressors On Friday, Iran’s foreign minister warned his British counterpart that any cooperation with aggressors targeting Iran is unacceptable
Iran: States Shielding America Could Face the ‘Fire of War’ Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, has cautioned regional countries
SE Iran: Intelligence Ministry Says Several US-Israel-Linked Terrorist Cells Neutralized The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says security forces have dismantled four more operational cells belonging to a terrorist group
US Strike in Iraq Leaves Four IRGC Quds Force Members Martyred Four members of the IRGC Quds Force tasked with protecting Arbaeen pilgrims in Iraq were martyred in US airstrikes overnight in Diyala Province
Iranian FM Condemns Joint US-Saudi Attacks on Iraqi Territory Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly criticized the coordinated US-Saudi strikes targeting several areas in Iraq
Saudi Oil Shipments Drop 40% at Red Sea Port Amid Yemen Blockade Measures Saudi crude oil loading at the Red Sea port of Yanbu has declined by 40 percent since Yemen imposed a blockade on the kingdom
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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