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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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Iran, Oman Foreign Ministers Discuss Regional Developments by Phone
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Iran, Oman Foreign Ministers Discuss Regional Developments by Phone

Monday 3 August 2026
Oman held a telephone conversation on Monday ALWAGHT- The foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman held a telephone conversation on Monday to discuss and exchange views on the latest regional developments. As regional tensions remain in focus, Iranian Foreign Mini ...
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Iran Rules Out US Negotiations, Says Hormuz Talks with Oman Are Temporary
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Iran Rules Out US Negotiations, Says Hormuz Talks with Oman Are Temporary

Monday 3 August 2026 ،
Oman over a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz are temporary and focused on facilitating safe maritime passage. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran is not currently negotiating with Washington, while talks with Oman on establishing a temporary safe shipping route ...
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Iranian, Italian FMs Hold Talks on Hormuz Strait
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Iranian, Italian FMs Hold Talks on Hormuz Strait

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
Oman regarding the establishment of a maritime route for vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Araghchi reportedly provided details on the matter during the phone conversation. Tajani added that the situation in Lebanon was also among the topics addressed during the call.
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Oman, a positioning that could turn that cost differential into a strategic advantage. Seen this way, Moscow's latest plan is not merely about expanding a transport project. It is a calculated bid to sharpen the INSTC's geo-economic edge over IMEC, and to turn the Persian Gulf's security ...
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Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz
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Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Oman concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strategic waterway ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi clarified that ongoing talks in Oman concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strat ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Oman over a new transit mechanism in the Strait of Hormuz, ongoing US blockade over Iran, tangible drop in the ship transit, and oil prices rise all show that the two sides have reached a point where there is neither a possibility of outright military win nor a return to the past status of thr strai ...
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Oman. He said negotiations with Oman over a safe shipping route were a bilateral matter and that reopening the waterway would depend on ending the US naval blockade and addressing what Iran considers Washington’s illegal actions. Baghaei said the strait could not be considered secure while th ...
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Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher
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Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Oman over the strategic waterway, through which around one-fifth of global oil previously transited. Tehran says talks with Oman are nearing completion but maintains that Washington must meet several conditions before the strait can reopen.
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Omani side to specify the mechanism for traffic in the Strait and to determine a new legal regime for it. According to what the country's officials, including the foreign minister, have indicated, this agreement is in its final stages, but determining the shipping route is different from the iss ...
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US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity
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US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Oman to establish a safe maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz. Araghchi said insecurity in the strait was caused by US and Israeli military aggression against Iran and called for the United States to be held accountable for the resulting security and economic consequences. He stressed that r ...

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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.