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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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Outraged Saudis Blame Hezbollah for their Failures: Sayyed Nasrallah
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Outraged Saudis Blame Hezbollah for their Failures: Sayyed Nasrallah

Sunday 6 March 2016
of the Saudis who wanted to blame Hezbollah for all their failures in the entire region” Sayyed Nasrallah said while emphasizing  that the Resistance feels proud for being viewed as the source of frustration for Saudi schemes. Delivering a speech on Sunday during Hezbollah ceremony to mou ...
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Islamic Scholars Must Thwart US, Zionists Plots to Divide Muslims: Iran’s Leader
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Islamic Scholars Must Thwart US, Zionists Plots to Divide Muslims: Iran’s Leader

Friday 11 March 2016 ،
of the Islamic Revolution urges Islamic scholars to thwart “the US, Zionist plot to create divisions” and avoid touching on divisive issues among Shiite and Sunni Muslims. Alwaght-Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urges Islamic scholars to thwart “the American and ...
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No War with US despite Tensions: Iran Leader
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No War with US despite Tensions: Iran Leader

Wednesday 15 May 2019 ،
of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei ruled out on Tuesday the possibility of war between the United States and Islamic Republic despite heightened tensions between the two sides, saying Washington knows engaging in such a conflict would not be in its interest. Alwaght- Leader of Iran Ayatollah Sayy ...
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Netanyahu May Have Committed a Suicide Launching Deadly Gaza Airstrikes to Escape Home Crisis
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Netanyahu May Have Committed a Suicide Launching Deadly Gaza Airstrikes to Escape Home Crisis

Wednesday 10 May 2023 ،
of home challenges, the more uncalculated and hasty decisions he makes. This has taken the tensions between Tel Aviv and the resistance group to a state of explosion, to an extent that in the upcoming days the occupied territories may once again be targeted by rockets and witness a new war. With war ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. In addition, President Joe Biden and every living former U.S. president – except Donald Trump – are direct descendants of slaveholders: Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and – through his white mother’s side ...
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Battle of Wills: Why’s New Anti-Israeli Strike by Iran Inevitable?
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Battle of Wills: Why’s New Anti-Israeli Strike by Iran Inevitable?

Saturday 9 November 2024 ،
of the comments of the senior Iranian officials over the past few days after the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei's speech on the anniversary of capture of the US embassy in Tehran as Washington's spying nest in 1979, which initiated a day in national calender as the National Day ...
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IRGC Navy’s Strait of Hormuz Drills Tells US Who’s the Boss in Persian Gulf
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IRGC Navy’s Strait of Hormuz Drills Tells US Who’s the Boss in Persian Gulf

Wednesday 18 February 2026 ،
of crisis Tehran can effectively manage its and allies" interests. Alwaght- Since Sunday, Iran's IRGC launched its smart control of the Strait of Hormuz military drills under watch of the force’s commander General Mohammad Pakpour in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Thes ...
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Global Media Attention on Iranian Leader’s New Statements amid New Talks with the US
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Global Media Attention on Iranian Leader’s New Statements amid New Talks with the US

Wednesday 18 February 2026 ،
Warships.  In Lebanon, Al Mayadeen framed the Leader's remarks as a direct challenge to Trump, reporting his warning that a weapon capable of sinking an aircraft carrier is far more dangerous than the carrier itself. The outlet focused on the pledge to deliver a very painful slap to the US ...
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
of the Strait of Hormuz while the US struggles to reverse the new dynamics. Alwaght- The developments of recent days in the Persian Gulf and reports of confrontations between IRGC and American naval forces have shown that in deeper layers of the ceasefire that followed the US-Israeli aggression on I ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
Warship deployment can prove costly to them if they clash with Iran. Alwaght- Though European countries over the past two months have tried to keep themselves away from direct confrontation with Iran and even stated openly they do not want to join military operations aimed at reopening the Strait of ...

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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.