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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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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025
War (ISW), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Atlantic Council, Carnegie Endowment, and Hudson Institute—along with severa ...
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Snapback Mechanism Lays Bare Fundamental East-West Gap
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Snapback Mechanism Lays Bare Fundamental East-West Gap

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
Resolution 2231. Russian and Chinese officials have repeatedly argued that European powers lost their legal authority to reimpose sanctions. They contend that the US withdrawal from the accord, followed by Europe's failure to uphold its commitments, voided the original obligations, rendering the ...
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Iran FM Says Reinstating Lifted UNSC Resolutions Has No Legal Basis
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Iran FM Says Reinstating Lifted UNSC Resolutions Has No Legal Basis

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
Resolution 2231 on October 18, 2025, Araghchi called on NAM members to oppose any coercive misuse of international institutions. He emphasized that the lack of jurisdiction, bad faith, and opposition by two permanent Security Council members render the claims by the US and European countries null an ...
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Resolution 2231 Expires: Fresh Breath for Iran in a Multipolar Space
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Resolution 2231 Expires: Fresh Breath for Iran in a Multipolar Space

Sunday 19 October 2025 ،
Resolution 2231, the resolution has finally expired on October 18. The UN sanctions that for years capped Iran's nuclear, missile, and conventional arms programs, as well as the monitoring mechanisms overseeing them, have now officially came to their end. This move legally unshackles Tehran fro ...
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Multinational Gaza Force: Why Are Both Tel Aviv and Hamas Opposed?
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Multinational Gaza Force: Why Are Both Tel Aviv and Hamas Opposed?

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
The Palestinians insist post-war period should be determined by them and Israel wants freedom of action in Gaza forever. Alwaght- While the Netanyahu government with its ongoing strikes on Gaza and obstruction of the Gaza aid entry is grossly violating the first stage of the ceasefire with Hamas res ...
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US Multi-layer Plan to Dominate Gaza
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US Multi-layer Plan to Dominate Gaza

Sunday 16 November 2025 ،
The US president is pushing to seize Gaza and make it an American asset. Alwaght- Over the past months, Gaza crisis has not only become one of the most complicated cases of international security, but also a scene for geopolitical confrontation of the great powers. Having been standing by the Israe ...
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Iran: IAEA Should Uphold Political Neutrality and Technical Professionalism
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Iran: IAEA Should Uphold Political Neutrality and Technical Professionalism

Monday 17 November 2025 ،
Iran urges the IAEA to maintain its technical focus, avoid political influence, and withstand pressure from the United States and Europe ALWAGHT- Iran urges the IAEA to maintain its technical focus, avoid political influence, and withstand pressure from the United States and Europe. Iranian Deputy ...
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Mystery of Gaza ’Peace Council’: An Ambiguous Mission with Dangerous Objectives
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Mystery of Gaza ’Peace Council’: An Ambiguous Mission with Dangerous Objectives

Thursday 20 November 2025 ،
Trump’s international force in Gaza is a complicated idea that, analysts says, serves an aim to further occupation rather than help peace. Alwaght- After relatively long hemming and hawing, the UN Security Council finally passed the US-drafted Gaza resolution, with 13 voting in favor and China and R ...
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Muscat Forum, a Path for Understanding and Convergence in Persian Gulf Region
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Muscat Forum, a Path for Understanding and Convergence in Persian Gulf Region

Tuesday 25 November 2025 ،
Iran’s core aim was to tell the regional countries that they and Tehran need to establish a common security mechanism in the face of emerging Israeli threat. Alwaght- As international tensions and regional crises escalated in recent years, the world more than any other time has faced interwoven chal ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
War I with the Ottoman defeat and the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Brokered by the Allied powers, the treaty promised an independent Kurdish state encompassing parts of southeastern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. However, this promise was never realized. The nationalist forces of Mustafa Kemal At ...

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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.