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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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Electronic Voting Excluded from Iran Presidential Election
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Electronic Voting Excluded from Iran Presidential Election

Tuesday 11 June 2024
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Masoud Pezeshkian. The election campaign period began on Sunday and will continue until June 26, with the nationwide presidential election set for Friday, June 28. The new administration, the 14th since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, will take office in late June or ea ...
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Iran Presidential Candidates Held Final Debate Before Election
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Iran Presidential Candidates Held Final Debate Before Election

Friday 12 May 2017 ،
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim. Overall, each of the candidates have been allocated over 1,100 minutes to talk about their campaign pledges in various radio and television programs aired by IRIB. During the previous polls in June 2013, Rouhani garnered 50.7 percent of a total of ...
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Iran Celebrates Security, Peace Ahead of Election: Leader
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Iran Celebrates Security, Peace Ahead of Election: Leader

Thursday 18 May 2017 ،
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Mostafa Aqa Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemi-Taba. The six attended three live televised debates to elaborate on their plans and agendas on different issues, including political, economic and cultural fields. Into the last days of campaigning, Qalibaf and Aqa Mirsalim pulled ou ...
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Millions of Iranians Turnout in Close Presidential Election, Voting Hours Extended
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Millions of Iranians Turnout in Close Presidential Election, Voting Hours Extended

Saturday 20 May 2017 ،
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Vice President Is’haq Jahangiri, dropped out in the final days of campaigning in favor of Raeisi and Rouhani respectively. Iranians abroad voting Iranians are also casting their ballots in the country's 12th presidential election at 310 polling stations in 102 ...

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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