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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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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026
Trump administration against Iran is itself a kind of push for a civilizational confrontation with Iran. Trump himself has already several times made remarks against Iranian civilization. In the closing days of the 40-day war, he threatened a whole civilization will die. His threats, however, have s ...
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Trump is counting on military pressure and a naval blockade to force Iran to back down, but if those measures trigger broader disruption to tanker traffic, the White House will confront a thornier problem: energy costs for American consumers and the global economy will climb as well. A Washington P ...
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Iran Warns US and Israel Against Further Miscalculations as Tensions Escalate
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Iran Warns US and Israel Against Further Miscalculations as Tensions Escalate

Monday 19 October 2026 ،
Trump’s age and physical condition. He warned that any renewed aggression would carry far greater consequences than before. Abdollahi concluded by declaring Iran’s Armed Forces fully prepared to confront further attacks, warning that the next retaliatory strike would be closer, more des ...
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Trump's open support can also be read as part of the effort to rebuild his faltering political standing on the eve of the election. Setting up Netanyahu's doctrine Now the question is this: How does publication of the new national security doctrine help Netanyahu reach his goals? Since Is ...
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Trump. The US president has repeatedly said he has close and even friendly relationship with Munir and even coordinates his demands with him more than with the Pakistani government and the PM Shahbaz Sharif. Now, with the crisis escalating in the Strait of Hormuz, tankers struck daily in the Persia ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
Trump's war-mongering in service of Israeli interests chiefly responsible for the region's troubles and instability. These countries, which are among West Asia's most consequential powers, have absorbed the lessons of the past two rounds of war, which, exactly as Iran warned, spilled be ...
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
Trump, but the cost has run so high that even the military leaders are defying his orders, with reports revealing serious dispute between Netanyahu and army chief Eyal Zamir about the way of confronting Iran. In this regard, Israel's Channel 13 reported that in secret talks Netanyahu has said t ...
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?
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Unlimited Targets, Unlimited Geography: What Do Experts Say about Iran Leader’s War Directive?

Sunday 1 November 2026 ،
Trump is mulling military options against Iran after Tuesday midterm elections. Axios also highlights two key points. First, the order expands the target bank and places all the US and Israeli material and non-material assets within reach of Iran's armed forces. Second, commanders' reports ...
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert

Monday 2 November 2026 ،
Trump's administration. This can bring forth a new political reality in the country and sway Trump administration's decisions in foreign policy, including in Iran case. 
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Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert
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Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert

Tuesday 3 November 2026 ،
Trump claimed they will bring Iran to its knees in three days.  He continued that the two nuclear powers took action, and despite the damage their inflicted on Iran, they failed to realize their goals. This failure made it no longer easy to accept the Israeli military superiority.  Mr Aj ...

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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.