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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 Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout

Tuesday 12 May 2026
US-Israeli war that began on February 28. The shutdown has caused severe global energy disruptions and sharp price volatility, with Brent crude surging above $105 a barrel at one point. Investment bank JP Morgan predicts oil will likely remain in the low $100s for most of the year, averaging $97 fo ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli aggression against Iran disrupting the Strait of Hormuz. Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told reporters at a G7 finance leaders' meeting in Paris that strategic oil reserves are not endless. He warned that commercial oil inventories are declining rapidly a ...
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli aggression on Iran has left the fate of one of the most important energy arteries through which 20 percent of the world energy flows in a state of ambiguity for an uncertain time. When Iran announced it took control of the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of how this control is planned to be ...
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Pezeshkian Urges Tehran Mayor to Accelerate Post-War Reconstruction and Housing Repairs
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Pezeshkian Urges Tehran Mayor to Accelerate Post-War Reconstruction and Housing Repairs

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli attacks, focusing on urban services, reconstruction of damaged areas, and housing for affected families. After receiving a detailed report on passive defense, neighborhood-based crisis management, infrastructure rebuilding, and residential retrofitting, they agreed to accelerate reconstru ...
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IRGC: Another Strike on Iran Will Expand War Beyond Region
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IRGC: Another Strike on Iran Will Expand War Beyond Region

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli assault on Iran will unleash a war reaching far outside the Middle East, the IRGC warned Wednesday ALWAGHT- Any new US-Israeli assault on Iran will unleash a war reaching far outside the Middle East, the IRGC warned Wednesday — promising to strike enemies in places they never antici ...
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli strike on Iran was a ’blatant act’ of aggression against a sovereign state ALWAGHT- According to the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the US-Israeli strike on Iran was a 'blatant act' of aggression against a sovereign state that should not be minimized. Iranian Foreign Ministry spo ...
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White House Pressure Over Illegal Iran War Forces Trump’s Top Spy to Resign
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White House Pressure Over Illegal Iran War Forces Trump’s Top Spy to Resign

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli decision to launch an illegal war of aggression against Iran—a war launched on February 28 without any imminent threat to American security. Gabbard is the fourth female Cabinet-level official to leave Trump's administration, following the departures of the Labor, Attorney Gener ...
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli attacks on Iran. With conflicting statements from officials and active mediation by Pakistan and Qatar—including visits by Pakistan's Army Chief to Tehran and a Qatari delegation coordinated with Washington—a key question has emerged: Are the two sides moving toward an ini ...
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli aggression against Iran, insisting they are obligated to provide full compensation for both material and moral damages. Iravani dismissed recent letters from Kuwait and Bahrain as containing baseless claims, arguing that the real issue is those states' participation in military operat ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli war on Iran has drawn the whole world attention to the Persian Gulf as the heart of the tension, this war has its impacts going beyond the borders of conflict, fundamental impacts that can seriously alter regional orders in mid terms. Among the regions that directly and indirectly have s ...

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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.