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Qalibaf: Resistance Front Stands United Against US Aggression
Iran’s Parliament Speaker said Wednesday that Iran and the Resistance Front remain united in confronting what he called US arroganceTwo US-Controlled Oil Tankers Struck by Mines in Strait of Hormuz The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says two oil tankers operated under US control struck mines and were disabled in the Strait of Hormuz
US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US attack on a wedding ceremony in the Kouhestak area of Sirik Island constitutes a war crime
IRGC Strikes US Command Headquarters at Kuwait Military Base in Retaliatory Attack The IRGC Ground Forces carried out a missile and drone strike against the headquarters of the US commander at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base
Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade Iran’s armed forces have achieved a decade’s worth of advances over the past 15 months
SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s member-state leaders have denounced the US and Israeli attacks on Iran
Resistance Foils Israeli Special Forces Operation in Gaza City After Detecting Infiltration An Israeli special forces unit reportedly infiltrated western Gaza City but was detected by the Resistance
Iran Ready to Implement Islamabad MoU if US Follows Suit Pezeshkian made the comments while meeting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island Iran says its forces targeted the US military base at Al Minhad in the UAE and brought down a US MQ-9 drone
Araghchi Says Netanyahu Misled US Over War Against Iran Iran’s Araghchi says Netanyahu misled Washington and manipulated US policy on Iran war
Israeli Forces Torch Houses in Houla, Destroy Structures in al-Mansouri Israeli forces have continued to breach the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, torching residential properties
Ghalibaf: Leader’s Message Provides Clear Direction for All Officials Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Leader’s Government Week message should serve as a key framework for Iranian officials
Iran’s Leader: Actions Undermining National Unity Are Forbidden Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has called for the protection of national solidarity
Iran Army Chief: Enemy Failed to Achieve Any of Its Goals Iran’s Army chief said Friday that the adversary’s military campaign had fallen short of all its strategic and tactical aims
US Claims Control of Majority of Venezuela’s 65 Billion Barrels of Oil President Donald Trump says the United States has obtained a controlling stake in Venezuela’s vast proven oil reserves
Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports Iranian strikes inflicted unprecedented damage on US intelligence facilities and surveillance equipment across West Asia
US Economic Pressure Campaign Against Iran Destined to Fail Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says US economic pressure on the Islamic Republic is bound to fail
Iranian Military Seeks Clarification from Qatar on Fate of Pilots The spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran Army has urged Qatar to provide a clear explanation regarding the fate of three Iranian pilots
8 Palestinians Martyred in 24 Hours as ’Israel’ Continues Gaza Attacks 322 Days into Ceasefire Eight Palestinians were martyred and 10 others wounded across Gaza within 24 hours as Israeli occupation forces continued their attacks
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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