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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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Johnson Reveals 30 Suicide Attempts Aboard USS Lincoln in Exclusive Report
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Johnson Reveals 30 Suicide Attempts Aboard USS Lincoln in Exclusive Report

Tuesday 18 August 2026
University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi argued that a prolonged confrontation increasingly favors Iran over the United States. Johnson pointed to mounting military, logistical, and economic pressures on Washington, including difficulties sustaining its military presence, replenishing advance ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
University, published in March 2026, documents a sharp uptick in Muslim American candidates between 2018 and 2022. During that window, between 50 and 80 Muslim Americans ran for office each year, and the number of Muslim names on ballots hit record highs. Muslim political organizations are turbocha ...
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Leader Vows Knowledge, Morality Will Disarm Aggressors
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Leader Vows Knowledge, Morality Will Disarm Aggressors

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, urged students to seek knowledge, skills, and ethics ALWAGHT- Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, urged students to seek knowledge, skills, and ethics, describing education as a tool for defending a ...
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
University, argues that the three main axes of negotiation remain trade, technology and Taiwan, but the rapid evolution of AI has injected greater urgency into the technology file.  AI is one of the few areas where limited cooperation is conceivable, given that both countries share concerns ab ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
University, has warned that cutting off US military support would leave the Kurdistan Region more vulnerable to regional threats. He argues that such a decision could hand a significant win to Iran, Russia and China. James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Turkey and a senior figure in ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
University, borrowing Winston Churchill's famous line, argues: Rarely in human history has such a vast volume of costly sacrifice been made to achieve such meager results. To explain his view, Bacevich pointed to several examples: First: US won neither a military victory nor succeeded in achie ...
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
University had joined a growing roster of British institutions facing strikes and staff protests over budget cuts and working conditions. The common thread running through Europe's protests  What unites the recent wave of protests across Europe is not simply education or housing, but it i ...
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
University, told Al Jazeera that Rubio's speech was aimed at casting Iran as a common enemy that could once again rally the US and Europe around a single axis. Washington, he said, wants to put the Iran threat at the center of Western cooperation, displacing the trans-Atlantic disputes over Russ ...
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
University of Management Sciences, offered a different reading of the decision. Speaking to Al Jazeera, he said: This decision does not mean the permanent removal of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly or its elected chief minister. It is more akin to considering them incapacitated until the emergency i ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
University's Center on Global Energy Policy: The adaptability and resilience of Iran's economy over the past 47 years have been consistently underestimated. Maloney recalled that even during Trump's first term, despite the maximum-pressure campaign and a severe squeeze on Iranian oil ex ...

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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.