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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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The Supreme Leader speaks during Imam Khomeini’s Decease Anniversary
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The Supreme Leader speaks during Imam Khomeini’s Decease Anniversary

Friday 5 June 2015
Mousavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, was born in the central Iranian city of Khomein on September 24, 1902 to a family of scholars. He led Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which culminated in the overthrow of the US-backed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy. Pahlavi was Iran’s last monarch. ...
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What Happens to Russia, Iran Ties after Syrian Crisis?
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What Happens to Russia, Iran Ties after Syrian Crisis?

Tuesday 12 April 2016 ،
Mousavi, an expert of Russian affairs and Iran’s former ambassador to Finland, has told the Alwaght that “unlike the former Soviet Union, today’s Russia does not look to the world from an ideological window, rather, it gives a pragmatic view to its national security.” “ ...
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Why Riyadh Stages Rivalry with Tehran in Region, World?
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Why Riyadh Stages Rivalry with Tehran in Region, World?

Thursday 9 June 2016 ،
Mousavian, a former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiation team, in an article published by Huffington Post has cautioned against the nature and form of Arab countries' ties with Iran, adding that the relations of (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council with Iran were seeing a dangerously hostile ...
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World Remembers the Demise of Imam Khomeini
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World Remembers the Demise of Imam Khomeini

Sunday 4 June 2017 ،
Mousavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, was born to a family of religious scholars in 1902 in the central Iranian city of Khomein. He led a popular protest against the policies of the tyrannous Pahlavi regime which was a key ally of the US. He guided a churning grassroots movement which wa ...

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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.