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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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Central Asia-Persian Gulf Partnership Push: Chances, Challenges

Central Asia-Persian Gulf Partnership Push: Chances, Challenges

Saturday 22 July 2023
Tajikistan has huge water resources, which account for 60 percent of Central Asia's water resources, enough for hydroelectric power production of several countries.  Before Ukraine, due to large-scale Russian influence in Central Asia, non-regional countries had no opportunity to get a toe ...
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Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Iran-Afghanistan Railway Cooperation Promises Domestic, Regional Prosperity and Peace

Sunday 30 July 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and further connects to Kyrgyzstan. From there, the railway continues onward to China's Xinjiang province. This railway is also part of the New Silk Road project of China, and should this missing railway link is found, East-West trade will further prosper, and countries along this r ...
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Geopolitical Aftershocks of Latest Karabakh Developments

Geopolitical Aftershocks of Latest Karabakh Developments

Wednesday 27 September 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and Armenia as a Russian initiative.  As tensions rise in mountainous Karabakh, Pashinyan appears to drift to the West, and Armenia recently hosted a rare joint military exercise with the US. Now, following the heightened tensions between Moscow and Yerevan, the White House has tak ...
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Fifth Moscow Format’s Meeting: What Was Agenda?

Fifth Moscow Format’s Meeting: What Was Agenda?

Sunday 1 October 2023 ،
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.  Iran was represented by its ambassador to Kabul and the special representative of Iranian president to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi.  Friday’s meeting was the fifth meeting of the Moscow Format on Afghanistan. The Moscow dialogue mechani ...
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End of Iran Missile Curbs Marks Another Diplomatic Loss for Washington

End of Iran Missile Curbs Marks Another Diplomatic Loss for Washington

Tuesday 24 October 2023 ،
Tajikistan, Armenia, Russia, and Venezuela.  Second diplomatic defeat for the US  While the UN sanctions have officially ended according to the JCPOA the Western power signed, the West defies the UNSC decision.  On September 15, the European Troika, in a letter to Josep Borrell, th ...
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US Seeking Influence in Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran Can Take it on Using Transit, Energy: Expert

US Seeking Influence in Central Asia, Caucasus, Iran Can Take it on Using Transit, Energy: Expert

Tuesday 7 November 2023 ،
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are part of this Western agenda. But it should be taken into consideration that the key point is regional security, and presence of destabilizing actors in the future will render the regional economic and trade interactions vulnerable.  I should add that Central As ...
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Taliban De-Persianizing Afghanistan Culture: Roots and Ramifications

Taliban De-Persianizing Afghanistan Culture: Roots and Ramifications

Wednesday 29 November 2023 ،
Tajikistan, the Taliban’s measures will trigger some tensions with the neighbors.  Ostensibly, the Taliban leaders claim that they are seeking to strengthen relations with Iran in all fields, and they recently traveled to Tehran to sign commercial agreements to pave the way for bilateral ...
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Top Iranian, Kyrgyz Security Officials Voice Opposition to West’s Interference in the Region

Top Iranian, Kyrgyz Security Officials Voice Opposition to West’s Interference in the Region

Saturday 17 February 2024 ،
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, are scheduled to discuss Afghanistan’s most important security and political issues and their impacts on the region.    Source: Press TV 
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China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban

China’s action to acknowledge the Islamic Emirate of the Taliban

Tuesday 20 February 2024 ،
Tajikistan, yet host governments have refrained from publicly acknowledging the Taliban. ALWAGHT- It has been over two years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, and China has emerged as the first major nation to address the legal status of the new Afghan government decisively. Presiden ...
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Iran, Culturally-Related Nations Celebrate Nowruz

Iran, Culturally-Related Nations Celebrate Nowruz

Wednesday 20 March 2024 ،
Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kazakhstan, and some others. It is a day that symbolises the renewal of nature and the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.  The celebration is known for its emphasis on peace, solidarity, and respect for different cultures, aiming to bring people clo ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies