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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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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?

Sunday 18 October 2026
Persian Gulf and along strategic energy transit routes. Jointly pushing against Washington's pressure: From diplomacy to economy One of the key objectives of the trip can be seen as exploring ways to operationalize previous agreements and deepen coordination between the two countries against e ...
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Araghchi: Tehran-Moscow Ties Vital for Regional Peace and Stability
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Araghchi: Tehran-Moscow Ties Vital for Regional Peace and Stability

Monday 19 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, while warning about the security and environmental risks posed by attacks on Caspian Sea vessels. Araghchi said Tehran and Moscow shared views on easing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan and countering terrorism. Their discussions also covered Palestin ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf states, saying that he wants to ensure energy flow to France and assuage economic pressures of rallying fuel prices. Macron, pointing squarely at the source of the energy crisis, said the surge in fuel prices stems from the Middle East and from a war that the US and Israeli regime laun ...
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf overland trade with neighbors has become one of the foremost governance priorities in Iran's foreign policy. Because of its impact on the critical component of economic resilience, the issue is indirectly bound up with the fate of the war. That is why, on this trip, resolving the bo ...
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Iran: US Political Targets Could Be Legitimate if Assassinations Resume
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Iran: US Political Targets Could Be Legitimate if Assassinations Resume

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf countries amid growing regional security concerns.
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf have pushed the region's maritime trade and transit equations to new heights. Escalation of clashes, rising risks to the shipping in the Persian Gulf, and growing transportation costs have once again shown how much the security of the trade routes can influence the economic position ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf security, energy transit routes, international trade and global supply chains. In such conditions, the region's anxiety about another war is not merely a political posture, it is bound up with these states' security and economic calculus. From this viewpoint, the Istanbul stat ...
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf and the Suez Canal. The studies produced a strategic pipeline linking Kirkuk through Syrian territory to the port of Baniyas on the Mediterranean coast, a route that, together with the branch running to Tripoli in Lebanon, formed the backbone of Iraq's oil exports. But as relations ...
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?

Sunday 1 November 2026 ،
Persian Gulf coast, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman, casting this as a sign of how central those areas are to Iran's defense and military calculus. University of Tehran professor: Next war is determining Mohammad Marandi, a prominent University of Tehran professor and international af ...
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GOP Defeat: Iran War Takes Its Toll on the Republicans and Trump
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GOP Defeat: Iran War Takes Its Toll on the Republicans and Trump

Wednesday 4 November 2026 ،
Persian Gulf but one of the most vital arteries for the transfer of oil and energy products in the global economy. Any disruption to traffic through this waterway, even if limited to a specific time frame, can shift market expectations, drive up shipping and insurance costs, and put pressure on ener ...

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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.