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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 Reaffirms Commitment to Defending National Security and Interests
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Iran Reaffirms Commitment to Defending National Security and Interests

Saturday 25 July 2026
Russian counterpart. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Kyrgyzstan to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in areas including politics, trade, transport, energy, and coordinatio ...
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Dim Outlook of Israeli Influence in Central Asia: What Does Russian Analyst Say?
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Dim Outlook of Israeli Influence in Central Asia: What Does Russian Analyst Say?

Sunday 26 July 2026 ،
Russian research institutes, the region has morphed into a high-stakes arena for great-power rivalry since the Soviet collapse in the early 1990s. As a traditional heavyweight, Russia has always treated Central Asia as its strategic backyard, and any outside incursion as a direct threat to national ...
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
Russian commercial ships and associated maritime transport infrastructure. Using unmanned attack systems, Kiev launched operations aimed at crippling Russia's ability to use its sea lanes. The next escalation extended those strikes to vessels sailing under neutral flags in the Black Sea, a signa ...
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran

Tuesday 28 July 2026 ،
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov condemned the strikes as an obvious breach of international law and voiced Moscow's commitment to continued coordination with Tehran in international forums to push back against unilateral actions. Also, Belarus's foreign minister denounced the militar ...
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Russian and Chinese backing. That narrative served a dual purpose: it justified the policy of containment, and it signaled to US regional allies that tightening the noose on Moscow and Beijing would also weaken Tehran’s deterrent power. Recent developments have seriously upended that assumptio ...
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Russian oil exports to China have reached about 29 percent while those of Saudi Arabia were only 5 percent, a figure that compared to the whole 2025, in which according to China customs Russian share was 17.4 and Saudi Arabia's 14 percent, shows that the recent war has accelerated an already-unf ...
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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 ،
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin as sayin on Thursday. The new railway is aimed at reducing the risks to transportation caused by possible disruption to navigation in the Hormuz and Bosphorus straits. This alternative route could cross Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, he ...
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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 ،
Russian and Chinese markets.  Turkmenistan plays an especially critical role here, sharing a direct border with Iran and offering rail links that can channel Central Asian freight into Iran’s broader transport grid. When sea routes are constrained, this overland network can meaningfully ...
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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 ،
Russian official, without mentioning Iran, recently said that Russia may turn to cryptocurrencies for cooperation with “friendly countries” that are under Western sanctions. The US is trying to close even that loophole. The new sanctions package now sweeps in digital assets, gold, techn ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Russian opposition. So while the Israeli lobby can try to shape the political climate around the candidates and influence how Western capitals view them, the final decision ultimately hinges on a complex calculus among the five permanent members: the UN, Russia, China, France and Britain. In many w ...

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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.