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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 and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025
Republic of Iran.  Over the past years, relations between Tehran and Doha have suffered the least damage from the US and Israeli regime's provocative plans to disrupt the neighborly relations between the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council member states and Iran, and the two countries have ...
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?
Analysis

How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
Republicans, the Congress in not in favor of sanctions relief, and perhaps with possible return of the Democrats in 2026 or winning the 2028 elections by another figure, all Trump's plans will be shattered.  Additionally, China, Russia, and Iran's long leap forward to expansion of all- ...
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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament
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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament

Wednesday 5 March 2025 ،
Hezbollah says the ball is now in the army and government court to expel Israeli occupation forces amid calls for its disarmament. Alwaght- With the election of a new president and formation of a new government, Lebanon's political status has entered a new stage under the pressure of foreign pla ...
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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions
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Clouds of US Sanctions Back on Lucrative Iran-Iraq Trade: Challenges and Solutions

Monday 10 March 2025 ،
Republic of Iran, as expected, Iraq became the first point of focus where the anti-Iranian maximum pressure campaign is pursued. According to the US State Department, since Saturday, the US ended Iraq's waivers to buy Iranian electricity.  Iran-Iraq trade in 2024 Iran and Iraq are conside ...
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Aerial Target Shooting Executed During Iran-China-Russia Joint Naval Exercises
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Aerial Target Shooting Executed During Iran-China-Russia Joint Naval Exercises

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
Republic of Iran Navy and the IRGC Navy—as well as their Chinese and Russian counterparts. Tajeddini highlighted a key distinction in the 2025 Maritime Security Belt drills compared to previous iterations, noting a greater number of participating units and countries. He also underscored the e ...
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Turkey Experiences More Protests After Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest
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Turkey Experiences More Protests After Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest

Saturday 22 March 2025 ،
Republican People's Party leader Ozgur Ozil stated that 300,000 people had gathered across multiple locations due to road closures preventing a single large demonstration. Imamoglu was detained just days before he was expected to announce his candidacy for the next presidential election. Imamog ...
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?

Wednesday 26 March 2025 ،
Republican People's Party (CHP), of which Imamoglu is a member, has considered the move an attempt to eliminate a political rival before the upcoming elections and has called for peaceful protests. The CHP has scheduled its presidential primary for March 23, in which about 1.5 million members m ...
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World Quds Day, the Symbol of Global Resistance
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World Quds Day, the Symbol of Global Resistance

Friday 28 March 2025 ،
Republic of Iran leader and founder Imam Khomeini to show the unity of the Muslim world and solidarity with the Palestinian nation against the Israeli occupation and Western imperialism, the event is annually marked enthusiastically. But in the past two years, in the shadow of the Israeli genocide ...
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What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?
Analysis

What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
Republic of Iran is pursuing consultation and coordination, and possibly welcoming Moscow's facilitating role in the nuclear negotiations process, under the fundamental policy of expanding cooperation and strategic alliance within the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership agreemen ...
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?
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Taliban No More on Russian Terror List: What’s Kremlin Seeking?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
Republic of Chechen. Second period: Mullah Omar's call for help from the Kremlin: However, when the US invasion of Afghanistan began in 2001, there were signs of the Taliban's rapprochement with Russia, including Sergei Ivanov, the then head of the Russian presidential administration, later ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution