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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 Issues Warning on Grave Consequences of Any US Attack
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Iran Issues Warning on Grave Consequences of Any US Attack

Tuesday 18 March 2025
US president’s accusations that Iran supports Yemeni forces ALWAGHT- The Iranian ambassador to the UN dismissed the US president's accusations that Iran supports Yemeni forces, warning Washington that it would be fully responsible for the severe consequences of any aggression against Tehran. On ...
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?
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Lebanon Defense Strategy Controversy: What Are Hezbollah’s Red Lines?

Monday 21 April 2025 ،
US are pushing for its disarmament for easy occupation of Lebanon. Alwaght- These days, the debate over Lebanon's defense strategy is stirring controversy, and despite its beautiful, rational, and convincing title, it is actually a codename for advancing a plot to disarm Hezbollah. Since the ti ...
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus
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New Syria and the Project to Remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
US-Israeli demand to oust the Palestinian groups and refugees from Syria after decades of hosting. Alwaght- Amid extreme thirst of the new Syrian government for regional and international approval and legitimacy and while the interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu ...
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BRICS Security Cooperation and Iran’s Key Role
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BRICS Security Cooperation and Iran’s Key Role

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
US dollar. But while the bloc questions the place of Western powers in the current world order, it does not question the norms on which the international system is built. It seeks to create independent security mechanisms to counter common threats such as terrorism, cyber threats, and foreign inter ...
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria

Monday 5 May 2025 ،
US and Israel to encourage separatism  Though ostensibly looking as a local and religious conflict, the escalation against the Druze can make the ground for implementation of old scenario of Syria partition, a scenario that actually benefits the strategic interests of Israel.  In recent ...
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario
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Iran’s Firm Stance in Nuclear Talks Disallows Another Libya Scenario

Saturday 24 May 2025 ،
US, with the White House's malicious and excessive remarks against the Iranian people's indisputable right to peaceful nuclear energy surfacing, the honorable, firm, and decisive positions of the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Sayyed Ali Khamenei in clarifying the Islamic R ...
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?
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Lebanon’s Municipal Election: What Are Its Effects for Hezbollah and Country’s Politics?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
US and Saudi Arabia were hopeful that they can strengthen anti-Hezbollah local alliances and undermine Hezbollah's social position through elections. But the failure of this project in the recent elections reflects the high level of public understanding of the country's real conditions and t ...
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump took office. In fact, Trump has disrupted the global order by imposing extensive tariffs, ignoring the European Union and expressing his desire to make Canada the 51st state of the US, and European countries, including the signatories of the recent letter, along with Canada ...
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
US talks.” Given its special geopolitical location, historical-cultural ties with regional countries, and economic and security capabilities, Iran can play a key role in stabilizing the region and beyond. In the security sphere, Iran has a long history of fighting terrorism and countering dru ...
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
US and the Britain eventually restricted their military exports to South Africa and enforced the embargo. How did sanctions ground apartheid?  In general, sanctions and divestment in South Africa played as a powerful instrument against the country and the UN General Assembly in 1962 demanded ...

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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.