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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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Iran Urges US Immediately Release Its Jailed Citizens, Frozen Assets

Iran Urges US Immediately Release Its Jailed Citizens, Frozen Assets

Monday 24 July 2017
Xiyue Wang, who also recently received a 10-year term. The Iranian Judiciary chief further stated that the US had made a “meaningless and irrational” demand for the release of Levinson, because the Islamic Republic has repeatedly announced, through legal channels, that this person had l ...
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Jailed Iranian Scientist Freed from US Prison after One Year

Jailed Iranian Scientist Freed from US Prison after One Year

Saturday 7 December 2019 ،
Xiyue Wang,  a Chinese-born US citizen who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in Iran in 2017. Glad that Professor Massoud Soleimani and Mr. Xiyue Wang will be joining their families shortly. Many thanks to all engaged, particularly the Swiss government, Javad Zarif tweeted ...
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Americans Told Inmates I Was Terrorist: Iranian Scientist

Americans Told Inmates I Was Terrorist: Iranian Scientist

Sunday 8 December 2019 ،
Xiyue Wang. According to American political analyst Scott Bennett, the Trump administration held the Iranian stem cell scientist hostage to gain leverage over the Islamic Republic through diplomatic extortion. On Saturday, Trump bounced on the prisoner exchange to claim a diplomatic ...
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Iran ’Fully Ready’ for Comprehensive Prisoner Swap with US: FM

Iran ’Fully Ready’ for Comprehensive Prisoner Swap with US: FM

Tuesday 10 December 2019 ،
Xiyue Wang — a Chinese-born US citizen who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in Iran in 2017. After declaring Iran's readiness to exchange more prisoners with the US, Zarif noted that the issue depended on the will of the American side, adding, “The ball is in t ...
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Iran Foreign Ministry Warns Citizens Not to Travel to US

Iran Foreign Ministry Warns Citizens Not to Travel to US

Wednesday 11 December 2019 ،
Xiyue Wang, detained for three years on spying charges in Iran, was freed in return. Soleimani, 49, left Iran on sabbatical back in October last year, but was arrested upon arrival in Chicago and transferred to prison in Atlanta, Georgia, for unspecified reasons. Prosecutors in Atlanta had accused ...
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France Frees Iranian Engineer Accused of Violating US sanctions: Report

France Frees Iranian Engineer Accused of Violating US sanctions: Report

Friday 20 March 2020 ،
Xiyue Wang — a Chinese-born US citizen who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in Iran in 2017 — had been delivered to the Swiss officials and would “be joining their families shortly.”  

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