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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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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026
US and its allies. Alwaght- As talks continue on the future of the Strait of Hormuz and the mediators are pushing to defuse tensions between the US and Iran, regional security equations enter a new stage. From Tehran's conditions to normalize the transit status in the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
US blockade is encouraging Iran to seek alternative ways and neighbors can help. Alwaght- At a time the Iranian-American confrontation has developed to economic area from battleground, Tehran more than any other time is aspiring to activate its peripheral capacity to push back against the American p ...
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Strait of Hormuz to Remain Closed Until Oil Sanctions Are Lifted
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Strait of Hormuz to Remain Closed Until Oil Sanctions Are Lifted

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
US naval blockade comes to an end. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf addressed the 180th open session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Tuesday, firmly stating that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until all conditions outlined in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understan ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
US-Iran memorandum of understanding that was supposed to be a pathway to ending the war and resolving outstanding disputes expired Monday without a tangible breakthrough, casting the prospects for a truce deeper into uncertainty. As the two-month window closed, the US President Donald Trump, who ha ...
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Iran Condemns New US Sanctions as Violation of UN Members’ Sovereignty
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Iran Condemns New US Sanctions as Violation of UN Members’ Sovereignty

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
US economic sanctions on Iran, arguing that they go beyond economic pressure on Tehran and amount to an assertion of extraterritorial authority over other independent UN member states. Baghaei said secondary sanctions have no basis in international law and violate the principle of sovereign equalit ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
US history. Yet even inside the US, serious doubts are mounting over whether the strategy will actually work. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contend that the latest financial crackdown on Tehran will force it to back down. But a growing number of American officials and analysts counter t ...
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Iran Vows to Target US Bases in Europe if Nations Join Hostilities
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Iran Vows to Target US Bases in Europe if Nations Join Hostilities

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
US bases in European countries could be targeted ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warns that US bases in European countries could be targeted if those nations participate in aggression against Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned that US bases in ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
US has almost never succeeded in doing that. As a result, rather than bringing the conflict to an end, sanctions are more likely to provoke Iranian retaliation and escalation, ultimately feeding yet another round of this long-running cycle of escalation. Washington’s push comes as a vast swat ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, figures published by Al Jazeera give a picture of failure to Trump's military campaign for what he expected to be a rapid victory. Actually the war not only did not lead to collapse of the Islamic Republic, but also it has become one of attrition and th ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
US strike on positions in Iran’s Larak Island, Iran’s armed forces fired back with a missile attack on US targets in Jordan. At the same time, Tehran announced that ships and tankers in the Persian Gulf were now in its crosshairs. Tension and the specter of confrontation have once again ...

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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.