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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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Russia Dismisses Latest EU Sanctions, Says It Has Grown Immune
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Russia Dismisses Latest EU Sanctions, Says It Has Grown Immune

Saturday 19 July 2025
Western pressure. The Kremlin has strongly condemned the European Union’s 18th round of sanctions, calling them illegal and warning of repercussions for countries that support such unilateral measures. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia has developed a degree of immunity to ...
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Iran Urges European Nations Not to Justify Israeli and US Aggression
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Iran Urges European Nations Not to Justify Israeli and US Aggression

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
West Asia and beyond. Araghchi highlighted the deadly consequences of these actions, including targeted assassinations and military strikes that culminated in a 12-day Israeli assault on Iran, killing at least 935 people. The US joined the offensive by attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. Araghchi ...
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon
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Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
Western countries and some regional actors promised a stable and economically prosperous future to the Arab country, but now the same backers of the terrorists have sunken Syria in a chaos deeper than before, to the extent that after eight months, the country has not seen peace and stability. Beside ...
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
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Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?

Tuesday 22 July 2025 ،
Western push to restrict their regional influence. Alwaght- China and Iran as two economic and political partners have recently agreed to expand their rail relations, too. On Friday and during the meeting of Iran’s railways company head with his Chinese counterpart, the two agreed on increasin ...
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Western countries? Will this decision trigger a development on the reality of occupation of Palestinian land? And finally, what geopolitical changes are ahead driven by this decision? From Macron’s message to New York conference The initial whispers about the new French decision were first ...
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis
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The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis

Tuesday 29 July 2025 ،
West Asia is grappling with geopolitical crises stemming from water shortage.  Iran, as a country located in a dry region of the world, has been dealing with water shortage challenges for years. However, the grand project to transfer water from of Sea of Oman and Persian Gulf to the Iranian Pl ...
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What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?
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What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?

Wednesday 30 July 2025 ،
West Asia are naturally accompanied by a kind of strategic competitions. The UAE’s investment in the energy sector of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan is pleasing to Russia, as on the one hand the UAE pursues close relations with Moscow and on the other hand Kremlin officials prefer Emirati compan ...
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Iran Seeks Closer Bilateral Ties, Araghchi Says in Meeting with Tajik President
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Iran Seeks Closer Bilateral Ties, Araghchi Says in Meeting with Tajik President

Wednesday 30 July 2025 ،
West Asia. Araghchi was accompanied by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismaeil Baghaei, who noted on social media that the one-day trip would include meetings with senior Tajik officials to address both bilateral and broader geopolitical issues.
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
Western media reported that as the interceptor missiles dwindled, the US exercised higher pressure on the Israeli government to announce ceasefire faster as they know that more days of war risked losing defense cover for other regions. This shortage bore an important message to Tehran: The US is in ...
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
West Asia are undergoing frequent shifts, the official visit to Pakistan of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian marks a turning point in the relationship of the two countries. The visit, coming at the invitation of the Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, has important goals in political, econom ...

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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.