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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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Arrangements Completed for Iranians Voting Overseas

Arrangements Completed for Iranians Voting Overseas

Thursday 27 June 2024
Council. Vahidi added that over 61 million people are eligible to vote in the elections on Friday. Iran will hold a nationwide presidential election on June 28, a year earlier than planned, due to the demise of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19. In a statement on Tuesday, Le ...
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Russia Concerned About Potential Israeli Aggression Against Lebanon

Russia Concerned About Potential Israeli Aggression Against Lebanon

Wednesday 17 July 2024 ،
Council session in New York on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed Moscow's concern about the potential escalation of conflict and widespread Israeli aggression, including against Lebanon. Lavrov emphasized Russia's intention to prevent such events and highlighted the ...
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Iran Reaffirms Support for Venezuela Following Maduro’s Election Victory

Iran Reaffirms Support for Venezuela Following Maduro’s Election Victory

Monday 29 July 2024 ،
Council, announced that Maduro won 51 percent of the vote, defeating opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, who received 44 percent. Amoroso noted that these results, based on 80 percent of voting stations, indicate an irreversible trend.
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Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Tuesday 30 July 2024 ،
Council of Venezuela announced the turnout at 59 percent. In this election, 10 candidates from different political parties competed for the presidency. Edmundo Gonzalez, the candidate of far-right pro-Western parties, was Maduro's main rival and even some analysts predicted that Gonzalez would ...
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Israeli Response to Suspicious Majdal Shams Incident

Israeli Response to Suspicious Majdal Shams Incident

Wednesday 31 July 2024 ،
Council resolutions, is also home to about 50,000 Israeli Jews. This factor is effective in the pressures it can bring on the radical Israeli cabinet at home. In fact, in the Israeli apartheid regime, the grading of the importance of the inhabitants of the occupied lands is an undeniable fact, as d ...
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Three Important Assumptions about Israeli Response to Iran’s Expected Operation

Three Important Assumptions about Israeli Response to Iran’s Expected Operation

Thursday 8 August 2024 ،
Council, said in an interview with CBS News that the general purpose of deploying new forces in the Middle East is to defuse tension in the region, as well as deter and repel the expected attacks and prevent broader regional conflict. This statement means that the US is not looking to expand the war ...
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Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?

Crossing Putin’s Red Line: What’s behind Ukraine Offensive in Kursk?

Saturday 10 August 2024 ،
Council, wrote in a message on X: The German newspaper Bild has published an article in which it proudly announces the return of German tanks to the Russian lands. In response to Germany's support for Ukraine's attack on Russian territory, Moscow would do everything to bring the newest Russi ...
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Securing the governor post in Kirkuk is seen a big blow to the Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led t ...
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Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees

Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Council from a pool of 80 presidential hopefuls. He secured the most votes in the first round of the presidential election on June 28 and went head-to-head with runner-up Saeed Jalili in the July 5 runoff. The physician-turned-politician from Tabriz, in northern Iran, and former health minister, w ...
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?

What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?

Sunday 22 September 2024 ،
Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).  According to the STC's official website, the two sides discussed cooperation and coordination to strength the efforts to counter Ansarullah and what they called terrorist and radical forces. However, many analysts consider the existence of many diff ...

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