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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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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis

Thursday 7 May 2026
Council that has direct interests in West Asia, has the capability to play a decisive role in advancing sustainable peace in West Asia and contain the US unilateralism on the world stage. The country has tried in recent months to defuse the tensions in the region. China has been clear to criticize ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
Internal and American pressures increase on Iraqi resistance factions to hand over arms, something serving evil next American steps for Iraq, including terrorism and partition. Alwaght- While in Lebanon Hezbollah has maintained its weapons of resistance against all of the Israeli and American pressu ...
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?

Friday 19 June 2026 ،
Council, peeled back another layer of this new architecture. Washington knows full well that to bypass legal hurdles, securing new constitutional interpretations to dissolve resistance groups and ramming through major economic contracts without political push back, it needs the judiciary on board. ...
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Hezbollah Official Says US Pressure Won’t Change Iran’s Lebanon Policy
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Hezbollah Official Says US Pressure Won’t Change Iran’s Lebanon Policy

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
Council member criticized the framework agreement, calling it a "net gain" for Israel and a disaster for Lebanon ALWAGHT- A Hezbollah Political Council member criticized the framework agreement, calling it a net gain for Israel and a disaster for Lebanon. Hezbollah Political Council member Ghaleb A ...
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts

Friday 24 July 2026 ،
Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed that Iran reserves the right to retaliate against any acts of aggression. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran has never initiated a war and reaffirmed that Tehran reserves ...
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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 ،
Council of Foreign Ministers, underscoring UN Charter principles, condemned the US military aggression against Iran as a flagrant violation of international law and core UN tenets. The rebuke, he added, reflects member states' concern about West Asian turmoil and their rejection of military acti ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Council have grown more fractured under King Salman's reign than ever before, Qanad-Bashi said. The old bonds among(P) GCC members have eroded, and we are now seeing the highest level of divergence among them. Return of Riyadh-Tel Aviv cooperation in Yemen  Given the string of past failur ...
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Iran Warns It Will Use All Means Necessary to Counter US Aggression
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Iran Warns It Will Use All Means Necessary to Counter US Aggression

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Council has failed to take action, comparing the situation to its inaction during the Iran-Iraq war. The ministry also alleged that the US violated a ceasefire agreement through planned military activities, including naval movements and the use of commercial vessels to transport military personnel ...
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Iran Vows Never to Give Up Control of Strait of Hormuz
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Iran Vows Never to Give Up Control of Strait of Hormuz

Sunday 9 August 2026 ،
Council Chairman Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani says the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status ALWAGHT- Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani says the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status. Speaking at the opening of the Expedien ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Council. Is this related to the ongoing negotiations? Zarean: No, it does not seem this post change is meaningfully related to the talks. However, picking the battle-tested General Mohsen Rezaei showed that from now on, foreign policy and defense and security policy of Tehran will grow more offensi ...

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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.