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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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Top Iranian General Hails Naval Forces’ State of Full Preparedness for Confrontation
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Top Iranian General Hails Naval Forces’ State of Full Preparedness for Confrontation

Tuesday 30 September 2025
forces for their full combat preparedness ALWAGHT- Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi lauded the Army and IRGC naval forces for their full combat preparedness, declaring them ready for any “possible confrontation” after reviewing units in Hormozgan Province. During his visit to Bandar Abb ...
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How Are Lebanese Govt.’s Incorrect Policies Emboldening Israeli Attacks on Lebanon?
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How Are Lebanese Govt.’s Incorrect Policies Emboldening Israeli Attacks on Lebanon?

Saturday 22 November 2025 ،
force. A critical question presents itself here: what are the Israeli regime's true objectives in threatening war or launching a new military operation against Lebanon? And why are Tel Aviv's leaders, despite an army exhausted by the prolonged Gaza conflict, their failure to achieve initial ...
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Iranian Forces Prepared for Any Scenario
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Iranian Forces Prepared for Any Scenario

Wednesday 3 December 2025 ،
forces on the ground and warned that constant vigilance is essential in the face of mounting security threats. He underscored that Iran is no stranger to the horrors of terrorism, stating that the nation has lost 17,000 lives to terror attacks. He said the exercise was designed as a direct response ...
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
forces have said that they remain committed to the first phase of the truce despite the recurrent Israeli violations. In this connection, Hamas speaker Hazem Qassem said that this resistance movement is ready to implement the second phase. He also has outlined the movement’s stance on the dep ...
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Iran FM’s Baku Visit Highlights Neighbors’ Need for Closer Cooperation
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Iran FM’s Baku Visit Highlights Neighbors’ Need for Closer Cooperation

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
form part of the bloc’s established mechanisms for countering terrorist threats and militant groups. The exercise underscores Iran’s commitment to a coordinated, multilateral approach against terrorism, a cross-border menace that no single nation can tackle alone. The recent drills also ...
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Can Iran Destroy US Aircraft Carrier?
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Can Iran Destroy US Aircraft Carrier?

Saturday 31 January 2026 ،
for countering the US naval force and the giant ships are not empty. The USS Abraham Lincoln is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier carrying with some 60 F/A-18 Super Hornet jets. However, launching strikes from these floating bases against Iran would prove a complex and perilous operat ...
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics

Sunday 29 March 2026 ،
forces that have plunged the enemy into deep concern. In the latest conflict, Hezbollah fighters, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Iranian armed forces, have conducted dozens of missile and drone operations targeting occupied lands and sensitive Israeli regime positions. These strikes have inflic ...
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Iran-US Ceasefire Under War of Narratives: Who Has the Upper Hand?
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Iran-US Ceasefire Under War of Narratives: Who Has the Upper Hand?

Thursday 9 April 2026 ،
for talks, but Strait of Hormuz remaining closed despite hard Washington push to reopen it tells who has the last word. Alwaght- In early morning of Wednesday and after Iran's IRGC published a list of potential reciprocal targets in the US allies and the Israeli regime in reaction to Trump's ...
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Profitable Business: How’s US Capitalizing on Wars and Crises?
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Profitable Business: How’s US Capitalizing on Wars and Crises?

Monday 4 May 2026 ،
for the American arms companies. Alwaght- While the world is grappling with a wave of geopolitical instabilities, a familiar model in the US foreign policy is repeating itself. This model regards the regional crises not as security challenges, but opportunities to reproduce economic and industrial p ...
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
forces and failed to produce the expected results. Reports showed that American warships on Monday took limited measures to ensure safe passage of the ships through the key waterway, but faced resolute reaction of the Iranian armed forces. On Tuesday, Trump announced halt of the project.  West ...

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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.