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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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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026
operational doctrine of the Axis of Resistance. A look at aspects of these attacks shows that at least four points lie deep in these operations: 1. Iran's offensive and defensive readiness to return to war The first thing that stands out in the latest attacks is Iran’s high state of rea ...
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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?
Report

Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
operations against Iran. The report further said that the Israeli forces were deployed in several points of Azerbaijan close to the Iranian border. According to two sources, some of these positions in their closest distance were only 100 kilometers from the city of Tabriz, a city that was majorly t ...
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
Analysis

Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
operation has completely upended Trump’s calculations. The first sign was oil prices spiking. In a post on social media, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, made it blunt: “We shattered the ceasefire equation that existed on paper but was repeatedly violated on th ...
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
Report

Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
operation in Lebanon or crossing the drawn red line can stir direct military action of the Islamic Republic. That is why many analysts agree that the aim of Iran is not to expand the war, but to sway the opposite side's calculations. How do tensions impact Washington-Tel Aviv relations? One of ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
Report

Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
operation in southern Iran was in self-defense and a response to the downing of an Apache helicopter. Around the same time, reports emerged of explosions in Bandar Abbas and Sirik. The American officials said the strikes targeted air defense and radar systems, but Iranian authorities reported that t ...
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
Analysis

Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
operations in the next phase of an extended conflict. Therefore, swiftly repairing and reinforcing whatever has been damaged or destroyed in these clashes must become an urgent priority. That way, while maintaining existing deterrence, any groundwork for such future escalation would be thoroughly el ...
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
Analysis

Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
operational nuclear weapon takes other stages like designing payload, explosion system, miniaturizing, and installing on a rocket. Grossi said the IAEA held no evidence of a systematic program for building nuclear weapons. Lie 4: US fully controls Strait of Hormuz Trump has claimed on multiple occ ...
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Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind
Analysis

Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
operational capability, but also varying political loyalties, meaning each could end up advancing its own faction’s interests. That internal reality is fundamentally at odds with launching large-scale, strategic projects. In the end, Iraq now seems to stand at a historic crossroads. Either it ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
Analysis

Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
operational mission, the return of a permanent military presence in this area carries significant implications. Doron Kadush, a military reporter for Israeli army radio, described the move as highly significant, saying that this move marks a return to the model of security outposts along the border ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
The US president reached the conviction that continuing war only distances him away from stated goals regarding Iran. Alwaght- Finally, white smoke rose out of the White House on Sunday, something suggesting that the US government has reached a new deal. The smoke appeared after the US President Don ...

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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.