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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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Washington’s Frozen War against Russia
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Washington’s Frozen War against Russia

Tuesday 16 December 2014
Congress is ready to risk and even promote nuclear war, but when it comes to the “bottom line”, it is a matter of stealing Russia’s natural gas market by what so far is a bluff: shale gas obtained by America's fracking .   Worse Than Cold War The neocons who manipulate America’s clueless ...
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Pentagon Uses ISIS Terrorist Group as Excuse to Keep Prisoner Abuse Photos Secret
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Pentagon Uses ISIS Terrorist Group as Excuse to Keep Prisoner Abuse Photos Secret

Thursday 25 December 2014 ،
Congress made a law supporting their secrecy in 2009, but Judge Hellerstein said it couldn’t be used on such a large scale .
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Iran Parliament to Retaliate Any New US Congress Sanctions: FM
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Iran Parliament to Retaliate Any New US Congress Sanctions: FM

Sunday 25 January 2015 ،
US Congress imposes fresh sanctions on Tehran, the Iranian parliament (Majlis) will retaliate by adopting a bill to further expand the country's nuclear enrichment level. Alwaght-Iran's foreign minister says if the US Congress imposes fresh sanctions on Tehran, the Iranian parliament (Majlis ...
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Argentina president Rejected Iran's Role in 1994 Bombing Attack
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Argentina president Rejected Iran's Role in 1994 Bombing Attack

Tuesday 27 January 2015 ،
US . In her televised address – which she made in a wheelchair after a recent accident – Fernández also criticised Diego Lagomarsino, who was charged on Monday with illegally lending a firearm to Nisman . Lagomarsino faces up to six years in jail for lending his Bersa handgun to Nisman on the day be ...
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Palestine Deems Bid to Join ICC 'Irreversible'
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Palestine Deems Bid to Join ICC 'Irreversible'

Monday 2 February 2015 ،
US Congress of protecting Israeli regime. The Palestinian official further warned that the PA would review its political and security ties with Tel Aviv if Israel continues its policy of settlement expansion and withholding the Palestinian tax money.  He said that a high-profile meeting is sche ...
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US Good Cop Bad Cop Approach towards Iran's Nuclear Program Does Not Work

US Good Cop Bad Cop Approach towards Iran's Nuclear Program Does Not Work

Tuesday 3 February 2015 ،
US president, took office, Iran had its doubt about his administration. Iran not only doubted Obama’s abilities to shift America’s longstanding aggressive policy and hostile attitude towards Iran but also questioned his intentions. Iran believed his rhetoric and promises were just empty words. In de ...
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Boko Haram terror casts shadow over Nigeria elections
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Boko Haram terror casts shadow over Nigeria elections

Saturday 7 February 2015 ،
US and its allies. The recent unusual visit to Nigeria by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry amid a presidential campaign is a pointer to Washington's interference in the African state.  With a few days left to the presidential elections, the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) led b ...
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Washington Needs a War in Ukraine to Achieve its Strategic Objectives

Washington Needs a War in Ukraine to Achieve its Strategic Objectives

Monday 9 February 2015 ،
US wants to push NATO to Russia’s western border. It wants a land-bridge to Asia to spread US military bases across the continent.  It wants to control the pipeline corridors from Russia to Europe to monitor Moscow’s revenues and to ensure that gas continues to be denominated in dollars. And it ...
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Netanyahu and Democrats duel
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Netanyahu and Democrats duel

Monday 9 February 2015 ،
US administration has chosen to deal with Netanyahu, and support his rivals in Israeli regime's elections following the speech.  The meeting between US Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and with Zionist opposition leader Isaac Herzog on Saturday, was in this ...
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Netanyahu Interfering in US affairs: Albright
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Netanyahu Interfering in US affairs: Albright

Thursday 12 February 2015 ،
US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his plan to address Congress about Iran next month, saying he is meddling with Washington’s internal affairs, as Press TV reports. Alwaght-Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has blasted Is ...

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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.