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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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Massive Increase in Israeli Strikes Results in Dozens of Deaths in Gaza
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Massive Increase in Israeli Strikes Results in Dozens of Deaths in Gaza

Sunday 18 August 2024
United Nations in 1948 to accommodate Palestinians displaced during the Nakba, is located in northern Gaza near the village of the same name. It is the most densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, with 26 schools operated by UNRWA. Al Jazeera Arabic reported that seven Palestinians, inclu ...
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Sudan: The Forgotten War
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Sudan: The Forgotten War

Monday 19 August 2024 ،
United Nations, and African countries.  According to the UN special envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, this round of talks focused on commitment of the two sides to enforcement of the Jeddah agreement obligations, respect to the humanitarian rules, facilitation of aid delivery to the war-ravaged r ...
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IRICA Reports 16% Increase in Iran’s Non-Oil Trade with Its 15 Neighbors Over 5 Months
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IRICA Reports 16% Increase in Iran’s Non-Oil Trade with Its 15 Neighbors Over 5 Months

Tuesday 27 August 2024 ،
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, and Russia were identified as Iran’s top five trade partners during this period. Specifically, trade values with these countries were $11 billion, $6 billion, $4.8 billion, $1.1 billion, and $969 million, respectively, according to the deputy minis ...
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Iran’s Air Defenses Intercepted the Majority of Israeli Missiles
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Iran’s Air Defenses Intercepted the Majority of Israeli Missiles

Sunday 27 October 2024 ،
United States about its role in supporting Israeli actions that threaten regional peace and security, urging it to restrain what it described as an illegitimate regime. Iran’s Air Defense Base reported that the country's air defenses successfully countered the Israeli aggression.
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Israel used Iraqi and other airspace for attack; Iran to take legal action, says Araghchi
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Israel used Iraqi and other airspace for attack; Iran to take legal action, says Araghchi

Wednesday 30 October 2024 ،
United Nations regarding the matter. During a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addressed Israel’s unauthorized use of Iraqi airspace for its October 26 attack on Iran. He remarked that Israeli fighter jets had used airspace controlled by the US i ...
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Iran is almost certain to launch another attack on Israel
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Iran is almost certain to launch another attack on Israel

Monday 4 November 2024 ،
United States and Israel, cautioning of a severe response to any future aggression. In recent actions, Iran launched 200 missiles targeting Israeli facilities in response to targeted assassinations, while Iran’s air defense intercepted an October 26 attack on its territory. The Iranian governm ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
United Movement party and speaker of the parliament, said the election had been hijacked and called for public demonstrations. At the request of the opposition leaders, thousands of Georgians took to the streets to reject the results and demand re-elections. A group of prominent Georgian election ...
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN
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Legal Reasons Supporting Israel Expulsion from the UN

Monday 11 November 2024 ،
United Nations General Assembly and its members to expel Israel from the UN. The calls for expulsion of Israel are not made for the first time. Earlier, Latin American states had called on the UN to expel Israel for its crimes against the humanity, though the UN officials have so far been inattenti ...
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) agency. Last week, the top American diplomat wrote to lawmakers that USAID’s “conflicting, overlapping, and duplicative” activities have led to “discord in US foreign policy and foreign relations.” Trump in a ...
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Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims
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Indian Ocean Conference: Iranian FM Visit’s Significance, Aims

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
26 countries. From the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Ocean is the main artery of trade for many countries in the world, handling 70 percent of the world's container traffic. Even for many other landlocked countries such as Nepal and Bhutan, the Indian Ocean is a lifeline. Th ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution