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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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Palestine Missing in PGGC’s Security, Defense Doctrine
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Palestine Missing in PGGC’s Security, Defense Doctrine

Wednesday 15 November 2023
Muscat.  In the meeting, a number of issues related to boosting the existing cooperation among the member states in military areas was discussed by their army chiefs.  A statement published by the bloc suggested that “this meeting is a continuation of the process of joint military ...
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Opportunity or Threat? Geopolitical Impacts of Gaza War on an Iran-Egypt Détente
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Opportunity or Threat? Geopolitical Impacts of Gaza War on an Iran-Egypt Détente

Wednesday 24 January 2024 ،
Muscat, Iranian and Egyptian diplomats met each other in this country with the mediation of Oman and discussed important bilateral and regional issues.  Things were not limited to this meetings, and after a reconciliation deal was signed between Iran and Saudi Arabia last year, Tehran-Cairo re ...
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What Was UN Envoy Grundberg’s Message to Tehran?
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What Was UN Envoy Grundberg’s Message to Tehran?

Sunday 4 February 2024 ،
Muscat and the visit of the UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg to Tehran, there are clues that these visits share agenda for maintaining the Red Sea crisis.  The British Foreign Office said in a statement that Cameron was in talks with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, to di ...
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Amir-Abdollahian’s Regional Tour: Is Tehran Making Final Preparations for Retaliation?
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Amir-Abdollahian’s Regional Tour: Is Tehran Making Final Preparations for Retaliation?

Tuesday 9 April 2024 ،
Muscat comes as over the past week indirect Iranian-American messages have been traded, and Oman has been the main mediator in this process. For this reason, Oman has been chosen as the first station of Amir-Abdollahian's tour, a country that over the past decade has mediated talks between Tehra ...
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Hamid Nouri was released in a prisoner exchange between Iran and Sweden
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Hamid Nouri was released in a prisoner exchange between Iran and Sweden

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
Muscat to facilitate their return to their respective nations. Oman commended the positive atmosphere during negotiations between Iranian and Swedish representatives in Muscat, underscoring its commitment to resolving this humanitarian issue. In parallel developments, Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy for ...
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Araghchi: Iran-Oman Cooperation Benefits the Region
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Araghchi: Iran-Oman Cooperation Benefits the Region

Tuesday 27 August 2024 ،
Muscat's support for ongoing political consultations with Tehran. Araghchi, in turn, expressed Iran’s readiness for close cooperation with Oman on a range of bilateral, regional, and international issues. Highlighting the growing challenges in the West Asia region, the Iranian foreign min ...
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?

Sunday 22 September 2024 ،
Muscat talks and after them, no one of these groups played a role in Riyadh-Sana'a peace process and so they are seriously worried about their interests being sacrificed in the future.  Even the STC has no interest in committing and submitting to the Saudi-supported PLC and continues to co ...
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Araghchi: Indirect Iran-US talks suspended due to regional circumstances
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Araghchi: Indirect Iran-US talks suspended due to regional circumstances

Monday 14 October 2024 ،
Muscat on Monday. He noted that Oman’s intermediary efforts, known as the “Muscat process,” had enabled indirect discussions between Tehran and Washington. However, Araghchi emphasized that due to the current regional crisis, there is no basis for continuing these talks at the mo ...
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Iran and Oman Urge Immediate Measures to Contain Israel
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Iran and Oman Urge Immediate Measures to Contain Israel

Monday 14 October 2024 ،
Muscat on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi discussed the latest regional developments. Expressing concern over the alarming situation resulting from the Israeli regime's continuous aggression against Gaza and Lebanon, the two m ...
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Iran and Oman Hold Talks on Regional Developments
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Iran and Oman Hold Talks on Regional Developments

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
Muscat, as well as the latest regional developments. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, the Omani foreign minister is set to meet with several other Iranian political and economic officials during his visit to Tehran. Iran’s ambassador to Oman stated on Sunday th ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures