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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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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026
deal. But a review of the previous six rounds reveals that a significant portion of the commitments meant to de-escalate tensions remain stuck on paper, with Israeli occupation unwilling to act on their obligations. Exit that never completed One of the central pillars of the talks has been the wit ...
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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 ،
Port. It links the two countries via a network of railways, land routes, and sea ways crossing Iran, Azerbaijan, and the Caspian Sea. It seems that the remarks by this Russian official are more about developing the already planned corridor through adding a land route in its eastern part through the ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
deals to the 2019 regional accord with the UAE known as the Riyadh Agreement, and even the 2025 security pact with Pakistan. So, it seems that picking Mecca as the venue for the deal is not accidental or ceremonial. Riyadh tries to sell this initiative not just as a security deal but a sign of conv ...
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026 ،
deal before end of the deadline, what will come next? While the US President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about final chance for Iran to reach a deal with the US, the record of several months of war shows that return to the military options will be costlier than strong-toned remarks of Trump a ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
deals. During President Emomali Rahmon’s 2022 visit to Tehran, the two sides inked a long-term economic and trade cooperation program through 2030, alongside an oil-and-gas cooperation MOU.  In 2023, they signed an implementation plan for that accord, plus MOUs on transit transport via t ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
deal has expired, broader negotiations are stalled, and the war grinds on. Trump, the paper argued, is now mired in a quagmire, two months in and still without an exit strategy. With a sharp edge, the Post noted that the White House had once hailed the agreement as a historic breakthrough that woul ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
deal, has been far blunter than most American officials about the limits of new sanctions on Iran. Eyre dismissed in an interview with Al Jazeera the latest Trump administration sanctions, saying: “The tree of sanctions has already been picked.” He attributed the move to US “frust ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
dealing with an economy that is new to sanctions, but it is dealing with a country that has spent years learning how to adapt. From that vantage point, new sanctions mostly raise the cost of doing business rather than necessarily sealing off all of Iran’s economic pathways. Susan Maloney, a s ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
deal on the country's most controversial issue, namely the fate of Kurdish militia structure and arms, ushering in a new stage in the Syrian developments. Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish militia, on Tuesday met al-Sharaa and announced that the SDF have completed the process of integratio ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
Port, for instance. Such arrangements would lock in long-term mutual benefits and tie the two economies together in ways that are hard to unwind. Fourth, a joint shipping line under the Pakistani flag. This would allow Iranian goods to reach global markets under a Pakistani cover, effectively bypas ...

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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.