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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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Electronic Voting Excluded from Iran Presidential Election
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Electronic Voting Excluded from Iran Presidential Election

Tuesday 11 June 2024
The spokesperson for Iran’s Elections Headquarters dismissed the possibility of using electronic voting machines in the upcoming presidential election ALWAGHT- The spokesperson for Iran's Elections Headquarters dismissed the possibility of using electronic voting machines in the upcoming preside ...
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Causes for America's military aid to Egypt
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Causes for America's military aid to Egypt

Sunday 2 February 2014 ،
USA to Egypt begun after a change in political status of Anwar Sadat's administration, namely Egypt's separation from Eastern Block and its joining to West's allies in Middle East which finally resulted in 1979 Camp David Accords. It seems that in Morsi's administration the same even ...
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Afghanistan Occupation Planned by USA

Afghanistan Occupation Planned by USA

Saturday 1 March 2014 ،
US and NATO forces was predictable. For western countries, fighting against terrorism, Taliban and Al-Gaeda is not an aim, but an apparatus to achieve their main objectives in West Asia. It seems that US war in Afghanistan or US longest war will be continued even after 2014. alwaght -  The permanen ...
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Russia and Egypt: A New Anti-American Axis
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Russia and Egypt: A New Anti-American Axis

Wednesday 5 March 2014 ،
USA. Especially, if the military deal is inked between Russia and Egypt, Kremlin will probably establish a military base in Alexandria or Port Said. The third consequence of this trip is Egypt's tendency towards Russia and China which is indicative of Egypt's turning from USA. Although USA d ...
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Syria Conflict: No Use for its Proponents

Syria Conflict: No Use for its Proponents

Monday 7 April 2014 ،
US in occupied Afghanistan & Iraq has defeated and also changes in Lebanon in 2005 & 2006 (Rafik Hariri assassination & the defeat of Israel in 33 day war with Lebanon) and issues in Gaza Strip in 2009 (the defeat of Israel in 22-day war) were illustrated a dark face for United States in ...
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Behind Yemen's Allegations against Iran

Behind Yemen's Allegations against Iran

Tuesday 15 April 2014 ،
US fighting against Al-Qaeda and Terrorism in Yemen as a good excuse and increasingly role of Yemen in regional crises can be discussed as the international issues in Yemen.  The spread of Islamic Awakening in Arabic countries including Yemen illustrates a rosy future for mutual relations between I ...
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America's Double Standards on Bahrain
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America's Double Standards on Bahrain

Saturday 31 May 2014 ،
US service personnel live and move about freely there -acre base, and thousands of the fleet’s 15,000 sailors land in Bahrain on and off throughout the year. Bahrain’s strategic value to the United States is the result of geography: Bahrain is a naval complement to Qatar’s peninsular thumb sticking ...
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American Diplomat's Expulsion from Bahrain
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American Diplomat's Expulsion from Bahrain

Monday 14 July 2014 ،
America Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski, was ordered to leave Bahrain after he met with the nation’s main Shiite opposition group on 7 July, 2014. America Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski, was ordered ...
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White House Bellicose Discourse Revitalizing in Iraq

White House Bellicose Discourse Revitalizing in Iraq

Monday 25 August 2014 ،
International media published the graphic video of killing an American journalist speaking with an American accent in orange clothes like Guantanamo prisoners. This graphic video has triggered different reactions. Obama has talked and condemned this act. David Cameron, UK prime minister and John Ker ...
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Egypt and Russia's Military Cooperation: A Tactic or Strategy

Egypt and Russia's Military Cooperation: A Tactic or Strategy

Wednesday 27 August 2014 ،
Egypt's proximity to Russia has attracted the attention of political circles since Al-Sisi's taking power. Since the era of Anvar Sadat, Egyptian Army was dependent on West, but Al-Sisi wants to alter the situation to some extent. It seems that he aims to get closer to Eastern powers, too. T ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution