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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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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?
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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?

Saturday 21 February 2026
Trump's verbal threats against Iran continue, while Tehran has warned that it will firmly respond to any aggression.  Meanwhile, regional leaders including Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Turkey in the past few weeks have stepped up their diplomatic moves to prevent a new war in the region, and ...
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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell
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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell

Thursday 19 March 2026 ،
Trump set the news and social media ablaze by his plan to annex Greenland to the US territory. Though since the beginning it looked that his words were a media game, when Trump said he was ready to deploy forces to the Danish territory, many raised a question despite being highly unlikely: What will ...
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US Seeking Face-saving Exit from Iran War, Tehran Has the Upper Hand: Expert
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US Seeking Face-saving Exit from Iran War, Tehran Has the Upper Hand: Expert

Saturday 21 March 2026 ،
Trump wants to sell a victory to the public opinion at home and abroad, but this is a faraway dream. Alwaght- As the Israeli-American aggression against Iran turns into a war of attrition and the aggressors are running into a dead end in realizing their goals on the 20th day of war, Alwaght arranged ...
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation

Wednesday 25 March 2026 ،
Trump administration has been lack of a certain and pre-stated strategy about the course, goals, and the way of exit from war. On the other side, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been implementing its threats one by one, including regionalization of war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, showing ...
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Can Trump Really Blockade Iran?
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Can Trump Really Blockade Iran?

Tuesday 14 April 2026 ،
Trump in his war on Iran, but also will push the fuel and energy prices even higher than the current surging levels, doubling the crisis for the US itself and the European countries. First signs of crisis intensification Trump’s remarks about imposing a naval blockade on Iran quickly rippled ...
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?

Wednesday 15 April 2026 ،
Trump's adventures in Iran. Many right-wing American media outlets described this NATO response a betrayal of the US, with Trump vowing to punish them. But how much is this narrative correct? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was, in essence, a product of the post–World War II landsc ...
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?

Thursday 30 April 2026 ،
Trump’s authority to wage war without Congress, his options hinge on narrow interpretations of self-defense, existing AUMFs, or emergency actions. Alwaght- The US military amasses a major portion of its naval capability including aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, and strategic bombe ...
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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Thursday 30 April 2026 ،
Trump so much that he launched a vicious attack on Merz, calling his record into question. Washington’s political losses: Tehran holds upper hand in diplomacy The recent conflict played out across multiple fronts—military, intelligence, economic, media, and political. On the political ...
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Velayati: Trump Blind to Global Economic and Political Truths
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Velayati: Trump Blind to Global Economic and Political Truths

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
Trump's recent comments, declaring that the US President's absurd behavior and follies won't hide the geopolitical facts on the ground. Ali Akbar Velayati, Senior Advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, sharply criticized Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, asserting that the U ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
Trump’s pressure for involvement Strait of Hormuz crisis. Warship deployment can prove costly to them if they clash with Iran. Alwaght- Though European countries over the past two months have tried to keep themselves away from direct confrontation with Iran and even stated openly they do not want to ...

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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.