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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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Pezeshkian Urges Fundamental Reform of Global Mechanisms at BRICS Summit
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Pezeshkian Urges Fundamental Reform of Global Mechanisms at BRICS Summit

Saturday 12 September 2026
UN Security Council and global financial bodies, expanding trade through national currencies and independent financial mechanisms, and opposing unilateral sanctions. He also urged BRICS members to deepen cooperation in technology, energy and food security and to condemn attacks on civilian infrastru ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
sanctions and economic pressure against its enemy. The result was immediate: the center of gravity shifted to the adjacent geographic zones that shape control over Bab-el-Mandeb, western Taiz, southern Hodeidah, and the city of Mokha. Over the past 48 hours, Yemeni forces advanced rapidly along th ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
sanctions, which is why economic pressure serves as a complement to the push for disarmament. So, the new PMF law cannot be dismissed as a mere administrative measure. It could mark a turning point in redefining the relationship between the state, resistance groups and foreign actors, and shape Ira ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 serving as the primary basis for the truce.  Turning to post-ceasefire developments, he stressed that Tel Aviv adhered to neither the spirit nor the content of the ceasefire. The truce was violated more than 10,000 times, and over 500 Lebanese citizens, incl ...
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
sanctions and their reliance on a dollar-based financial system. India and Brazil, by contrast, have little appetite for turning BRICS into an explicitly anti-Western alliance. Therefore, the bloc's future defies any simple East versus West framing. What is taking shape is a network of non-West ...
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
sanctions and tightening the noose of a maritime blockade. But the public’s turnout can be read as a clear message to its adversaries: economic pressure and military threats cannot easily sever the bond among the people, the political system and the armed forces. The presence of diverse segmen ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
sanctions has managed to produce its own military equipment for lower prices and also to reach high degree of self-sufficiency in such areas as agriculture, medicine, energy, and some new technologies like nano. Seizing this opportunity, indeed, requires Tehran to avoid ad hoc approaches and regard ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
UN General Assembly. Araghchi pointed to February 28 attacks on a school in Minab and a sports hall in Lamerd, both in southern Iran, which killed nearly 200 people, many of them children. Araghchi said the world has not done enough to condemn these crimes and stressed that impunity carries wide-ra ...
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Iran Signals Readiness for Talks While Rejecting Pressure and Intimidation
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Iran Signals Readiness for Talks While Rejecting Pressure and Intimidation

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
sanctions relief. He argued that Iran was engaged in negotiations with Washington when it came under attack, raising questions about US intentions. Pezeshkian said Iran would continue pursuing diplomacy but would reject attempts to force it into submission through military or political pressure. He ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
sanctions move. The reality is that Tehran-Baghdad relations cannot be defined merely through the framework of formal government ties. Religious and historical bonds, the sheer volume of citizen traffic, the presence of Iraqi students in Iran, religious tourism, medical travel and border trade have ...

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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.