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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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Fatalities in Iran Port Blast Increase to 25
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Fatalities in Iran Port Blast Increase to 25

Sunday 27 April 2025
Bandar Abbas, 20 km away, were closed as a precaution. Officials suspect the blast was caused by poorly stored chemicals in containers, according to crisis management spokesperson Hossein Zafari. Warnings about unsafe storage had reportedly been ignored. While chemicals are the likely cause, the ex ...
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Iran and Azerbaijan: Neighbors with High Partnership Potentials
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Iran and Azerbaijan: Neighbors with High Partnership Potentials

Monday 28 April 2025 ،
Bank report in 2023), with a GDP per capita of $7,155. GDP growth of 1.1 percent in 2023 has been announced. It experienced the largest GDP growth of 25 percent in the first decade of the 21st century). Also, according to data, Azerbaijan has an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent, an inflation rate o ...
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BRICS Security Cooperation and Iran’s Key Role
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BRICS Security Cooperation and Iran’s Key Role

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
Bank to promote business cooperation among member states—the bloc is also increasingly emphasizing security cooperation. This is evident from its hosting of the recent meeting of the heads of the Supreme National Security Councils of member states in Brazil. The recent visit of secretary-gener ...
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How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?
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How Can India-Pakistan War Impact Central Asia?

Saturday 10 May 2025 ،
Bank forecast a slowdown in economic growth for Central Asia. In this report, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will experience a significant decline in growth, Kazakhstan's decline will be less noticeable, and Uzbekistan's growth rate will remain stable at 5.9.  Disruption of trade routes&nbs ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
Bank, predicts the tour will see the announcement of a number of agreements and contracts in a range of areas, including AI, energy and aluminum (the possibility of Trump’s lifting of 10 percent tariffs on aluminum and steel). In this connection, an investment summit is scheduled in Riyadh wi ...
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Three Hidden Motives for Bin Salman to Mediate Syria Sanctions Relief
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Three Hidden Motives for Bin Salman to Mediate Syria Sanctions Relief

Monday 19 May 2025 ،
Bank estimates that the Syrian economy is worth about $21 billion, roughly equivalent to the economies of Albania and Armenia, whose populations are more than 20 million smaller than Syria's. Official data show that the country's total economy shrank by more than half between 2010 and 2022. ...
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Haifa Port Blockade, Yemen’s Blow to Major Israeli Trade Artery
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Haifa Port Blockade, Yemen’s Blow to Major Israeli Trade Artery

Wednesday 21 May 2025 ،
Yemeni unveils a new phase in its operations against Israel in solidarity with Gaza. Alwaght- Along with Israeli announcement of a new round of large-scale military campaign in Gaza, Yemen's armed forces announced a new round of military reactions to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian enc ...
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Bank settlers, two illegal settler bases and two organizations that “support violence against Palestinian society,” but according to Bronon Maddox, director of the London-based Chatham House, the limited sanctions announced by the British officials will have very little impact on Israeli ...
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
Bank. The AFP, citing Ireland government spokesman, reported the Irish government agreed to pass a bill banning business with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. This measure had earlier been put on agenda by some other European countries in response to the continuation of ill ...
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
Bank are way more inhumane that those of apartheid regime of South Africa, to an extent that countries including staunch backers of Israel like the US, Britain, and Canada declared sanctions against people and organizations in Israel for their illegal actions including settlement construction.  ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity