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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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Foreign Sides Seeking to Incite Baku against Tehran, Aliyev Making Strategic Mistake: Expert
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Foreign Sides Seeking to Incite Baku against Tehran, Aliyev Making Strategic Mistake: Expert

Monday 30 January 2023
Shiite Muslim, intends to reduce Iran’s influence in the Central Asia.  Alwaght: How do you assess the interventionist stances of foreign sides on the embassy incident?  Hanizadeh: Certainly, foreign parties such as the United States, the Israeli regime, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia pl ...
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An Overview of Five Rounds of Iranian-Saudi Talks
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An Overview of Five Rounds of Iranian-Saudi Talks

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Shiites in Saudi Arabia. In April last year, the fifth round was held, but due to some fundamental differences, the Saudi side stopped the talks and so far no date has been set for holding the sixth round.  In the fifth round, the outlook for a resumption of dipmatic ties was described as clea ...
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Saudi Regime Attacks Shiite-Majority Qatif Region, Detain Ten Youths
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Saudi Regime Attacks Shiite-Majority Qatif Region, Detain Ten Youths

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Shiite-majority and oil-rich Eastern Province and arrested nearly a dozen young men from the religious minority. Alwaght- Saudi forces raided houses in the kingdom’s Shiite-majority and oil-rich Eastern Province and arrested nearly a dozen young men from the religious minority. The Commi ...
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Iran Leader Pardons, Commutes Sentences Prisoners including  Those Arrested during Recent Riots
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Iran Leader Pardons, Commutes Sentences Prisoners including Those Arrested during Recent Riots

Sunday 5 February 2023 ،
Shiite Imam, Imam Ali (AS).  The prisoners, who were granted clemency, had had their verdicts issued at courts of common pleas and Islamic Revolution tribunals, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, and the State Discretionary Punishment Organization. The official amnesty reques ...
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Why’s Washington Setting Up Roadblocks ahead of Iran-Arab World Rapprochement?
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Why’s Washington Setting Up Roadblocks ahead of Iran-Arab World Rapprochement?

Sunday 19 February 2023 ،
Shiites and running a destabilizing policy in the country, and after the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran that followed execution of the top Saudi Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqer al-Nimr, Manama severed ties with Iran, and during these years the Manama authorities continued their rhetoric aga ...
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Al-Kadhimi’s Tehran Visit: Addressing Security and Political Cases
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Al-Kadhimi’s Tehran Visit: Addressing Security and Political Cases

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) — of assisting the US assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani and Iraq’s Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, two top regional anti-terror commanders. The SCF has recently tried to issue an arrest warrant against him and try him on the charge of invol ...
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Iran-Saudi Détente Agreement: Walking a Long Way
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Iran-Saudi Détente Agreement: Walking a Long Way

Monday 20 March 2023 ،
Shiite citizens. The fifth round started in April 2022 with Saudi mediation, but the Saudi side ceased the negotiations due to essential differences. After the end of the fifth round, the Iraqi foreign minister said that the two sides reached an agreement on a 10-point MoU. Fuad Hussein emphasized t ...
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Resistance Culture Gaining Ground Among India’s Shiites
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Resistance Culture Gaining Ground Among India’s Shiites

Monday 27 March 2023 ،
Shiites of India are a large community and they embrace resistance discourse further day by day. Alwaght- Though India is known for its being the land of sadhus and elephants, this 72-nation country is home to a lot of religions, with population of each religion being equal to population of several ...
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What’s behind Dramatic Anti-Iranian Allegations by Azerbaijan?
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What’s behind Dramatic Anti-Iranian Allegations by Azerbaijan?

Thursday 6 April 2023 ،
Shiite majority in recent years, it seems that Tel Aviv’s plans are working well and the Azerbaijani authorities are taking orders from Israeli command room.  By establishing a strong presence in Azerbaijan, the Israelis are taking advantage of the strained relations between Baku and Teh ...
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Azerbaijan on The Anti-Iranian Israeli Front
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Azerbaijan on The Anti-Iranian Israeli Front

Sunday 9 April 2023 ،
Shiite country after Iran has not condemned the Israeli atrocities fearing damage to its relations with Tel Aviv. Even Western backers of Tel Aviv are fed up with the criminal actions of the Israeli regime in the occupied West Bank and reacted strongly, but Baku turned a blind eye.  In the pas ...

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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.