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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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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Sunday 15 September 2024
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and wanted military intervention against Azerbaijan.  The Russians argued that the task of the CSTO is to protect the internationally recognized borders, but Karabakh is recognized as an occupied region, and therefore refused to send troops. The decline to d ...
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Abusing Iraqi Airspace: US Occupation in Iraq Faciliated Israeli Aggression on Iran
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Abusing Iraqi Airspace: US Occupation in Iraq Faciliated Israeli Aggression on Iran

Monday 28 October 2024 ،
Security Council and the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres, which included the condemnation of the clear violation of Iraqi airspace and sovereignty by the Israeli regime and the use of this country's airspace for anti-Iranian aggression. The Iraqi PM Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, accordi ...
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Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project
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Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Sunday 3 November 2024 ،
Security challenges motivating parallel routes The development road in comparison to the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC), which was announced in September 2023, has undeniable advantage in terms of speed and transportation capacity.  The biggest advantage promised in the design of th ...
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Tuesday 12 November 2024 ،
Security Adviser Qassam al-Araji who led a security delegation to the Iranian capital. The trips of the security officials are always low-key and usually inconspicuous, but they take place behind the scenes of very important and sensitive and influential agendas, and for this reason, having in mind ...
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Iran FM’s Syria Visit for Support, Turkey Top to Blame for Aleppo Terrorist Offensive: Expert
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Iran FM’s Syria Visit for Support, Turkey Top to Blame for Aleppo Terrorist Offensive: Expert

Tuesday 3 December 2024 ،
Iran’s FM visited Syria to offer Tehran’s unceasing support to Damascus and and he visited Turkey to remind it of its obligations. Alwaght- After years of cautious calm in Syria, the surprise offensive of various terrorist groups in the northwest of the country and their rapid advances to Aleppo and ...
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Iran and Russia Sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Pact
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Iran and Russia Sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Pact

Friday 17 January 2025 ،
The presidents of Iran and Russia have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership pact to strengthen long-term cooperation ALWAGHT- The presidents of Iran and Russia have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership pact to strengthen long-term cooperation. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and ...
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?
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Iran-Russia Strategic Pact: What Does it Mean for the Two Actors?

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
Iran and Russia are set to up their partnership at all levels amid fast-changing global equations. Alwaght- While only a few days are left before Donald Trump is inaugurated as the president of the US, Tehran and Moscow have displayed their resolve to shore up their bilateral ties and coordinate the ...
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of  Security and Military Partnership
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Iran and Pakistan: A New Chapter of Security and Military Partnership

Wednesday 22 January 2025 ،
Tehran and Islamabad are boosting their security and neighborly ties as they grow a shared vision on regional security. Alwaght- Iran, which in recent years by signing strategic partnership pacts with China and Russia stepped in the new world order, has maintained its neighbors first policy in its f ...
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US-Armenia Pact: A Stabilizing or Destabilizing Factor for Yerevan?
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US-Armenia Pact: A Stabilizing or Destabilizing Factor for Yerevan?

Wednesday 29 January 2025 ،
Armenia thinks that the US will protect its security under the agreement, but Washington follows deep aims. Alwaght- For some time, Armenia has been moving in a different way than before. On Saturday, media outlets reported visit to the US of the Armenian prime minister to follow up the strategic ag ...
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
The Arab countries look quite united in their opposition to Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and force Gazans out to Egypt and Jordan. Alwaght- The plan that was seemingly put forward by the US President Donald Trump on reconstruction of Gaza and forced migration of the coastal enclave's residents ...

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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