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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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EU Pursuing Influence Agenda in Lebanon Using Explosion, Corruption Probes
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EU Pursuing Influence Agenda in Lebanon Using Explosion, Corruption Probes

Friday 20 January 2023
Swiss court documents seen by Reuters, investigators believe Salameh and his brother Raja illegally appropriated and laundered more than $300 million from Lebanon’s Central Bank between 2002 and 2015.  Salameh, 72, denies any wrongdoing and calls the investigation part of a coordinated c ...
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At Least One Person Killed, over 20 Injured in Shooting near US City of Chicago
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At Least One Person Killed, over 20 Injured in Shooting near US City of Chicago

Monday 19 June 2023 ،
Swiss research project.   According to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks shootings in the US, 647 mass shootings were recorded in 2022, killing 44,287 people.  The 2022 figure was slightly less than in 2021 when 692 mass shootings left 45,010 people dead across the country. A ...
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Frozen Iranian Funds Transferred to Swiss Bank: Media
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Frozen Iranian Funds Transferred to Swiss Bank: Media

Monday 21 August 2023 ،
Swiss National Bank plans to exchange its $6 billion holdings in won for dollars and then euros in the currency market. According to the report, the Swiss central bank will convert about 300 billion won ($223.85 million) to 400 billion each day for the next five weeks. An official at South Ko ...
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Iraq Agreed to Disarm, Relocate Terrorists in Kurdistan: Iranian Diplomat
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Iraq Agreed to Disarm, Relocate Terrorists in Kurdistan: Iranian Diplomat

Monday 28 August 2023 ،
Swiss charge d’affaires summoned  Kan’ani also said the charge d'affaires of the Swiss embassy in Tehran, representing US interests in Iran, has been summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry following the unloading of hundreds of thousands of barrels of seized Iranian oil sitti ...
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Taliban Detain 18 NGO Staff, Including American Woman
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Taliban Detain 18 NGO Staff, Including American Woman

Sunday 17 September 2023 ،
Swiss-registered NGO. He said security and intelligence forces had been observing the group for some time. The International Assistance Mission (IAM) confirmed its staffers were picked up on two separate occasions this month from the NGO's office in Ghor province, central Afghanistan ...
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Karabakh Empties as Armenia Says 100,000 Have Fled
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Karabakh Empties as Armenia Says 100,000 Have Fled

Saturday 30 September 2023 ،
Swiss Francs ($22 million) to help the refugees. 'Frozen conflict' The Azerbaijani offensive was both the shortest and most decisive of any conflict the predominantly Christian Armenian and Muslim Azerbaijani rivals have waged since the region's status became disputed with the collapse ...
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Thousands of Danish, Swiss Demonstrators Condemn Israel’s Ruthless Killing of Palestinians
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Thousands of Danish, Swiss Demonstrators Condemn Israel’s Ruthless Killing of Palestinians

Sunday 15 October 2023 ،
Thousands of people in Denmark and Switzerland have attended pro-Palestinian rallies in protest at the Israeli regime’s massacre of Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip. Thousands of people in Denmark and Switzerland have attended pro-Palestinian rallies in protest at the Israeli ...
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Regional Conflict ’Unavoidable’ if Israel Continues Gaza War: Iran
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Regional Conflict ’Unavoidable’ if Israel Continues Gaza War: Iran

Saturday 18 November 2023 ،
Swiss embassy in Tehran. In response to the US, we said that Iran does not want the war to spread, but due to the approach adopted by the US and Israel in the region, if the crimes against the people of Gaza and the West Bank are not stopped, any possibility could be considered, and a wider conflic ...
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World Facing Most Shameful Moral, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Iran FM
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World Facing Most Shameful Moral, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Iran FM

Monday 26 February 2024 ،
Swiss city of Geneva on Monday. The top Iranian diplomat said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is steadfast in respecting human rights and human dignity based on national and Islamic beliefs and values. Unfortunately, the realization of the transcendent goals of human rights in the international ...
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The rift that Macron imposed upon the NATO allies’ unity!
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The rift that Macron imposed upon the NATO allies’ unity!

Wednesday 28 February 2024 ،
Swiss Info website, which cites officials from the region, there was endorsement and emphasis on the notion of deploying military forces to Ukraine. It was stressed that the West must define its calculations and red lines to Putin, ensuring that Russia's interpretation of the West's position ...

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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