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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-EAEU Free Trade Agreement: A Win-Win Deal
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Iran-EAEU Free Trade Agreement: A Win-Win Deal

Monday 1 January 2024
St. Petersburg.  The first step for integrating Iran into the EAEU’s common market was taken on May 17, 2018, with the signing of a temporary agreement to establish a free trade zone between the two sides, which came into effect on October 27, 2019. During this period, the trade between ...
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North-South Corridor: Catalyzing Iran-UAE Trade Jump
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North-South Corridor: Catalyzing Iran-UAE Trade Jump

Tuesday 7 May 2024 ،
St. Petersburg reduces the time it takes to transport goods from 38 days to 14-16 days. While the route through the Suez Canal is 16,000 km, it takes at least one day to travel 30 to 40 km, depending on the traffic of the ships and the coordinates of the canal. According to a report by The Diplomat ...
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Tehran and Moscow to enhance collaboration in gas technology
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Tehran and Moscow to enhance collaboration in gas technology

Wednesday 15 May 2024 ،
St. Petersburg. In other parts of his speech, the NIGC director underscored the importance of exchanging shared experiences in areas such as reducing gas losses and enhancing the safety of gas installations against sabotage and terrorist threats. He noted that Iran possesses significant capacities ...
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Global Challenges under BRICS Focus
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Global Challenges under BRICS Focus

Wednesday 12 June 2024 ،
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the BRICS group has a great capacity to host new countries as members. He added that Russia welcomes this and will support it in every possible way.  Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, who traveled to Russia to participate in t ...
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Iran and Russia have signed a financial agreement
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Iran and Russia have signed a financial agreement

Saturday 6 July 2024 ،
Petersburg last Thursday to finalize agreements previously signed between their respective countries. During the meeting, the top banking officials of Iran and Russia also signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining collaborative measures. Farzin further elaborated that the newly established mo ...
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Iran will participate in the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Russia
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Iran will participate in the BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Russia

Thursday 11 July 2024 ،
St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening to participate in the event. Scheduled to be held at Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg on July 11 and 12, as part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship, the forum's theme, according to the Roscongress Foundation, is 'The Role of Parliaments in Strengthening ...
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Russia Ships Coal to India via Iran by Train for the First Time
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Russia Ships Coal to India via Iran by Train for the First Time

Sunday 21 July 2024 ،
St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India. The coal will be transported by sea for the final leg of the journey from Iran’s port of Bandar Abbas to the Indian port of Mumbai. The corridor is part of Russia’s efforts to identify new transportation routes due to Western sanctions, wh ...
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What’s behind US Allegations of Russian Backing to Yemen’s Red Sea Operations?
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What’s behind US Allegations of Russian Backing to Yemen’s Red Sea Operations?

Friday 26 July 2024 ،
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin emphasized: If someone considers it possible to supply such weapons to a combat zone to strike our territory and create problems for us, then why do we not have the right to supply our weapons of the same class to those regions of the world from whi ...
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BRICS’s Jump to De-monopolize International Security Institutions
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BRICS’s Jump to De-monopolize International Security Institutions

Monday 16 September 2024 ،
St. Petersburg provided an opportunity for the participating officials to have bilateral meetings and discussions on issues of interest, in addition to collective cooperation on the agenda of the summit. In the meantime, the Iranian delegation headed by the Secretary of the Supreme National Securit ...
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Trump Cautions Zelensky Against Targeting Moscow
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Trump Cautions Zelensky Against Targeting Moscow

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
St. Petersburg. Zelensky reportedly confirmed Ukraine could carry out such attacks if provided with the necessary weapons. However, Trump later clarified that he had warned Zelensky against targeting Moscow, asserting that such actions would undermine efforts to end the conflict. Trump’s pres ...

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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.