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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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Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran Continues to Progress Despite Significant Challenges
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran Continues to Progress Despite Significant Challenges

Saturday 13 December 2025
identity of the Islamic Revolution through psychological pressure, fear-mongering, and media manipulation. He dismissed claims of an imminent renewed war as deliberate efforts to sow anxiety among the public. Highlighting the concept of national resistance, Ayatollah Khamenei defined it as steadfas ...
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa

Sunday 28 December 2025 ،
National Security Studies (INSS), the authors note: “Israel needs allies in the Red Sea region for multiple strategic reasons, including a potential campaign against Yemen’s Ansarallah. From this perspective, Somaliland is an ideal candidate for such cooperation, as it could provide Isra ...
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara
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Kurdish Merger an Unsettled Challenge for Damascus and Ankara

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
National Army,” without the involvement of the al-Jolani government. Such a move could seriously undermine existing security agreements. At the same time, Kurdish forces, facing persistent Turkish threats, are unwilling to hand over their weapons. Even in the event of an agreement with Damasc ...
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Assassination of Sadrist Comdr., a Prelude to Grand Plot against Iraqi Resistance
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Assassination of Sadrist Comdr., a Prelude to Grand Plot against Iraqi Resistance

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
identity and objectives of the perpetrators and their potential foreign backers must be presented to the Iraqi and global public with solid documentation. This disclosure would neutralize the conspiracy and bring transparency to the political arena.  Conclusion Assassination of al-Allaq is a ...
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter
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Breaking the Ice: Iran’s Araghchi Visit to Beirut Signals New Chapter

Sunday 11 January 2026 ،
National Security Council Ali Larijani’s. Even Foreign Minister Youssef Raji of Lebanon declined an invitation to Tehran for talks. In this context, Araghchi remarked in his press conference that all Lebanese officials he spoke with agreed that the enemy of all Lebanon is the Israeli regime, w ...
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ISIS-style Conflict Resulted in The Swift Defeat of The US And Their Zionist Ally Within 48 Hours
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ISIS-style Conflict Resulted in The Swift Defeat of The US And Their Zionist Ally Within 48 Hours

Saturday 24 January 2026 ،
National Guardian (Guard) Day, observed on the birthday anniversary of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
National Assembly. As a distinguished member of the Constitution Committee, he opposed federalism and insisted on Iraq's Arab identity.  After then PM and Dawa Party head Ibrahim Jaafari rejected to name him next PM due to opposition from the Sunni and Kurdish factions in the parliament, h ...
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IRGC Intelligence: 10 Foreign Intelligence Agencies Plotting Against Iran
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IRGC Intelligence: 10 Foreign Intelligence Agencies Plotting Against Iran

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
identity. The IRGC claims that recent acts of terrorism in Iran were part of a major US-Israeli plot to destabilize the country's national identity and geography. The enemy's command room was formed immediately after the 12-day war with the participation of ten hostile intelligence service ...
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
identity. The Taliban’s primary objective is to alter Afghanistan’s demographic composition in favor of Pashtuns, a process that has been pursued to varying degrees by local governments for decades. By considerable birth rates, the Pashtuns try to increase their population compared to o ...
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The Persian Gulf Is an Integral Part of Iran’s National Identity
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The Persian Gulf Is an Integral Part of Iran’s National Identity

Wednesday 28 January 2026 ،
identity ALWAGHT- The Persian Gulf holds deep cultural, historical, and emotional significance for Iranians and forms an essential part of their national identity, as stated by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei. During his visit to Bandar Abbas, Esmaeil Baghaei noted that he attend ...

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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.