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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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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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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
US and other Western countries failed to meet Saudi expectations for support? Zarean: In this regard, several points should be taken into account. First one is that the US and Europe are grappling with major challenges. Europe is busy with Ukraine war and the US is bogged down in the Strait of Horm ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
US seems far from knowing Iran and the experience of resilience and resistance it has developed in over 47 years. Alwaght- Two weeks ago, the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Iran would have nothing left to bargain with in another two weeks and was shipping its last oil cargoes to Ch ...
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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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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 ،
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 Iranian artist who has stood by his country in the hard days. Th ...
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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 ،
US and Israeli confrontation with Ansarullah's naval and missile capabilities since the Gaza war began has shown that military engagement with Sanaa can have repercussions far beyond the Yemeni battlefield. From this standpoint, Egypt's entry into the war is not only no guarantee of ending A ...
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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 ،
US-Israeli strikes on Iran and a subsequent fragile ceasefire.
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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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Iranian FM Warns US of Greater Strategic Defeat Without Honorable Agreement
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Iranian FM Warns US of Greater Strategic Defeat Without Honorable Agreement

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
US and Israeli attacks launched while negotiations were underway. He nevertheless stressed that Tehran remained open to a peaceful settlement while prepared to defend its sovereignty. Araghchi also outlined a seven-day proposal presented to Washington through mediators at the recent United Nations ...

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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.