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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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Iran Signals Capability to Strike Persian Gulf Internet and AI Infrastructure
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Iran Signals Capability to Strike Persian Gulf Internet and AI Infrastructure

Saturday 17 October 2026
Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has warned that regional communications and technology infrastructure could become targets if hostilities with the United States resume. The threat highlights the growing strategic importance of digital infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, where countries ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
UN speech that Tel Aviv forces have still not withdrawn from Lebanese territory, accused them of reneging on their commitments and dragging out negotiations, and urged Washington to pressure the Israeli government to pull back from southern Lebanon. Nearly two years after the Lebanon-Israel ceasefi ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
Azerbaijani government is pushing forward with secular policies in a country with over 70 percent of population Muslim Shiites. Alwaght- Students in Azerbaijan headed to their classrooms last week to shocking news. The government announced a ban on girls entering schools wearing the Islamic headscar ...
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Minab School Tragedy: Iranian Director Becomes Iran’s Voice from Busan Film Festival
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Minab School Tragedy: Iranian Director Becomes Iran’s Voice from Busan Film Festival

Monday 19 October 2026 ،
Iranian director reminded the world of the aggression of the US and Israeli regime against Iran and its consequences on the children. Alwaght- Some voices cannot be silenced by bombardment; voice of a mother who lost her child, voice of kids who do not come back from school, and the voice of an Iran ...
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Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power
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Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
National Coalition, was elected defense minister. Qatibeh Ghazi Majid, of Azm Coalition, was elected Minister of Planning, and Haydar Bahaa al-Husseini, of State of Law was approved as minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Yasin Muhammad al-Aithawi, of the Azm Coalition, was tapped ...
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
Egypt is asked by Saudi Arabia for military involvement in Yemen war, but there are factors that keep it from stepping in this abyss. Alwaght- Cairo began to face a key question about future of its regional policy when recently Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared the country's readi ...
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Iranian Security Chief Vows No Enriched Uranium Will Leave the Country
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Iranian Security Chief Vows No Enriched Uranium Will Leave the Country

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei declared that the country would not transfer any enriched uranium abroad, describing its nuclear stockpile as a national asset. Speaking during a meeting with Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, in Tehran on Tuesday, he said negotiations with the United ...
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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 ،
Security, repair his sagging poll numbers ahead of elections, and shift the contest's center of gravity from his record to the security threat. He wants to tell Israeli society that, among the available choices, only he can keep the regime safe and steer it through the major security challenges ...
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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 ،
Iran sees the trip by Pakistani army chief not a sign of true American intention for peace but a demonstrative diplomacy under the shadow of war. Alwaght- On Tuesday, in an important and attention-grabbing visit to Iran, the Pakistani army chief Asim Munir arrived in Tehran and held meetings with se ...
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Source: Iran Ready for Full-Scale, Multi-Front War Against Adversaries
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Source: Iran Ready for Full-Scale, Multi-Front War Against Adversaries

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the United States must first rebuild trust, while Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stressed that a lasting ceasefire depends on Washington fulfilling Iran’s demands. Under the proposed 14-point Islamabad memorandum, the United States wou ...

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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.