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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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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026
US will work to deepen its non-military influence in Iraq, mainly in economy and decision-making areas. Alwaght- West Asia affairs expert Sayyed Hadi Afghahi in an interview with Alwaght pointed to the American military withdrawal from Iraq, saying that this is not an end to the American presence in ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
Interview

True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
US cannot sway their home and foreign policy. Alwaght- Full US military pullout of Iraq on September 30 marked an end to one of the most important chapters of the direct US presence in West Asia. This withdrawal ignited serious debates about how to assess the results of one of the costliest and dea ...
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?
Analysis

Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
US sanctions, which have consistently deterred other countries from investing in Iran, as we saw with India. Another issue is domestic opposition and a lack of transparency over how land is being allocated to India and Afghanistan. A careful examination of this would require reading the texts of th ...
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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 ،
US Secretary of State tried to bring Western allies on board for war against Iran by faking the history. Alwaght- Recent remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Greece addressed the Greeks, but in their heart they carried anti-Iranian allegations that with distortion of reality and history d ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, there are growing signs of a gap between the White House's official narrative of the war achievements and the reality of the fatal blow Washington has received from Iran. While the US President Donald Trump still insists on what he calls military gains in t ...
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
US policy, and the White House has no desire to see Iraq become a theater of confrontation with Riyadh. The Iraqi PM is therefore in an extremely difficult position, because if the war escalates and regional countries such as Turkey and Pakistan step in to support Saudi Arabia, it could trigger a ne ...
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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 ،
US and its allies. Recent developments show the Strait of Hormuz has morphed from a vital energy transit route into one of the most potent instruments of mutual leverage in the Iran-US confrontation. Reuters reported on October 14 that Iran has shifted its strategy for ratcheting up pressure on pas ...
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
US pressure on the two allies and is meant to strengthen strategic cooperation between Iran and Russia. Regional and international developments, Iran-US tensions, the Russian push to de-escalate tensions, and following up the past agreements between the two countries make up the agenda of the trip. ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
US and Israeli regime launched in February against Iran.  This is a conflict France did not take part in, and we are bearing its consequences, he stressed. The remarks, reported by Le Monde, amount to a plain acknowledgment that the war's fallout has reached well beyond the region's b ...
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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 ،
US have dimmed considerably amid the White House's broken commitments, multiple fresh waves of conflict, and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz; Washington's overreach has left little hope for reviving negotiations. Second, regional developments, particularly in Yemen, have pushed P ...

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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.