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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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US Imposes New Sanctions on Venezuela in Regime Change Bid
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US Imposes New Sanctions on Venezuela in Regime Change Bid

Wednesday 26 July 2017
Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said in a press release. On July 17, President Donald Trump threatened Venezuela by stating, If the Maduro regime imposes its Constituent Assembly on July 30, the United States will take strong and swift economic actions. Anyone elected to the National Constitu ...
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Glance at Israeli State Structure
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Glance at Israeli State Structure

Sunday 6 August 2017 ،
Treasury ministries, as well as the Chief of General Staff, chief of Shin Bet, and the Military Secretary to Prime Minister, take part in the security cabinet meetings. This smaller forum of the cabinet members is designated to coordinate the diplomatic negotiations, and in times of crisis, especial ...
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US Threatens China with More Sanctions If It Continues Trading with N Korea
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US Threatens China with More Sanctions If It Continues Trading with N Korea

Wednesday 13 September 2017 ،
Treasury Secretary saying China could face more economic sanctions if it does not implement revised restrictions. Alwaght- Washington warned Beijing over not complying with new sanctions regime against North Korea with the US Treasury Secretary saying China could face more economic sanctions if it d ...
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President Rouhani Slams Trump’s Remarks on Iran as Pile of Delusional Claims
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President Rouhani Slams Trump’s Remarks on Iran as Pile of Delusional Claims

Saturday 14 October 2017 ،
Treasury Department to further sanction the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for its support for terrorism and to apply sanctions to its officials, agents and affiliates, he claimed. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement earlier Friday that the Iranian Armed Forces, including th ...
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EU Want US to Exempt European Firms from Iran Sanctions
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EU Want US to Exempt European Firms from Iran Sanctions

Thursday 7 June 2018 ،
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It expressed ‘strong regret’ over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran deal, to which their nations were also signatories. “As allies, we expect that the United States will r ...
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Trade War Escalates as China Vows to Retaliate Tariffs on $200 B of Its Goods
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Trade War Escalates as China Vows to Retaliate Tariffs on $200 B of Its Goods

Tuesday 19 June 2018 ،
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was saying the trade war with China was “on hold” and that negotiations with Beijing were ongoing. Last week, however, the Trump administration announced tariffs on 1,102 separate categories of Chinese products, to go into effect on July 6. China respon ...
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Reuters Explains How Arab Regimes Are Courting Washington
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Reuters Explains How Arab Regimes Are Courting Washington

Saturday 7 July 2018 ،
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sat next to the minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani. “You have been a great friend to the United States,” Mnuchin told Thani, praising Qatar for its cooperation on counter-terrorism financing efforts. The scene was a stark contrast from ...
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France Calls for EU Economic Sovereignty after US Rejects Iran Waivers
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France Calls for EU Economic Sovereignty after US Rejects Iran Waivers

Friday 13 July 2018 ،
Treasury Department had officially informed Paris that no exemptions would be given to French enterprises for dealing with Iran once the sanctions return.    We have just received Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's response: it's negative, Le Maire told Le Figaro in an interv ...
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France Pans US Trade Policy as ’Law of Jungle’
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France Pans US Trade Policy as ’Law of Jungle’

Sunday 22 July 2018 ،
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he will push China and the EU to agree on a more “balanced” relationship on trade. US President Donald Trump imposed duties of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum in March. In retaliation, the EU slapped tariffs on classic ...
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Will US Sanctions Make Erdogan Bow?
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Will US Sanctions Make Erdogan Bow?

Friday 10 August 2018 ،
Treasury sanctioned two Turkish cabinet’s officials, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. A week before the war of tariffs started, the US warned it will sanction the justice and interior ministers over their role in the imprisonment of the America pastor. Th ...

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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.