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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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US Attack on Syria Strengthens Terror, Destabilizes Region: Iran President

US Attack on Syria Strengthens Terror, Destabilizes Region: Iran President

Saturday 8 April 2017
Sardasht,” Rouhani added, referring to a tragic chemical bombing of the northwestern Iranian city of Sardasht by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein back in 1987, during the Iraqi-imposed war on Iran. The chemical attack killed over 100 Iranian civilians and injured hundreds of others. ...
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US Attack on Syria Strategic Mistake, Boost Terrorism: Iran Leader

US Attack on Syria Strategic Mistake, Boost Terrorism: Iran Leader

Sunday 9 April 2017 ،
Sardasht and the Iraqi city of Halabjah. Ayatollah Khamenei also warned against the enemy’s plot to undermine the morale of the Iranian officials, nation and the Armed Forces, saying that the enemy was trying to create a feeling of weakness among Iranians through psychological tactics. Howev ...
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US Must Pay $245 M to Iran’s Gas Attack Victims: Court

US Must Pay $245 M to Iran’s Gas Attack Victims: Court

Monday 21 August 2017 ،
Sardasht in 1987 during the rule of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Iraq once possessed a huge arsenal of chemical weapons, the production of which was facilitated by exports of chemicals as well as financial and technological support from the United States and other Western countries. Ira ...
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World Must Destroy Israeli Regime’s WMDs: Iran’s FM Zarif

World Must Destroy Israeli Regime’s WMDs: Iran’s FM Zarif

Thursday 28 June 2018 ،
Sardasht during the imposed war with Iraq in the 1980s. Iran commemorates the occasion as the National Day of Fighting Chemical and Biological Weapons. “Through their opposition to the establishment of a WMD-free zone in the Middle East, the two aggressive and notorious regimes of America an ...
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Iran, Kurds Will Never Forget Halabja Massacre: Foreign Minister

Iran, Kurds Will Never Forget Halabja Massacre: Foreign Minister

Sunday 17 March 2019 ،
Sardasht—31 years ago today—but neither we, nor our Kurdish brethren, ever will,” read Zarif’s tweet while making a reference to the Iranian city of Sardasht which had been targeted in a similar chemical bombardment by the then Iraqi regime a year earlier. Some 5,000 people ...
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Iran Sues European Firms for Providing Ex-Iraqi Dictator with Chemical Materials

Iran Sues European Firms for Providing Ex-Iraqi Dictator with Chemical Materials

Friday 5 March 2021 ،
Sardasht chemical bombing during a visit to West Azerbaijan Province. Baqeri-Kani said the Judiciary has filed lawsuits for more than 200 of the victims of Saddam’s chemical attacks, and final verdicts have been issued for 70 of the cases. He lamented that the same countries which “bru ...
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Iran FM Marks Sardasht Chemical Attack Anniversary, Slams West

Iran FM Marks Sardasht Chemical Attack Anniversary, Slams West

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
Sardasht by Western-backed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, saying the survivors of the attack fell victim to the Western countries’ inhumane policies twice. Alwaght- Iran's Foreign Minister has marked the 34th anniversary of a chemical attack on the city of Sardasht by Western-backed Iraqi dictat ...
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13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official

13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Sardasht killed over a hundred civilians and injured another 8,000 people. The chemical bombardment of Halabja town in the Kurdistan region also left some 5,000 civilians dead and around 10,000 others injured, the Iranian judiciary official said.  “For the attention of the so-called adv ...
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Iran Neither Forgets Nor Forgives Perpetrators of Sardasht Chemical Attack: Top Diplomat

Iran Neither Forgets Nor Forgives Perpetrators of Sardasht Chemical Attack: Top Diplomat

Wednesday 28 June 2023 ،
Sardasht in West Azarbaijan Province, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran will neither forget nor forgive the perpetrators of the 1987 chemical attack on the Iranian city of Sardasht in West Azarbaijan Province, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said In a Wednesday message o ...
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Iran: Halabja Tragedy Exposed West’s Double Standard on Human Rights

Iran: Halabja Tragedy Exposed West’s Double Standard on Human Rights

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
Sardasht was just one of the civilian areas to experience the devastating effects of mustard gas and nerve agents. Other Iraqi dirty strikes on Iran after Sardasht were carried out in March 1988 in villages around the city of Marivan, and in May-June 1988 in villages around the cities of Sarpol-e Z ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies