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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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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats

Saturday 17 October 2026
economy will climb as well. A Washington Post report on October 8 showed that attacks on at least nine ships in the Strait of Hormuz had sharply curtailed oil flows. The strikes came even after the Trump administration had earlier voiced satisfaction with increased oil traffic through the strait. A ...
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?
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What’s Lavrov’s Mission in Tehran?

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
economy One of the key objectives of the trip can be seen as exploring ways to operationalize previous agreements and deepen coordination between the two countries against external pressure. In recent years, Iran and Russia have emphasized expanding trade, transportation, energy and financial ties, ...
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Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power
Analysis

Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
economy ministry, for its part, plays a decisive role in the state's direction, setting development programs, ranking construction projects by priority and drawing in investment. Decisions on allocating resources and on how to advance economic plans bear directly on the government's ability ...
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
economy, and indeed any instability in southern Red Sea can undermine the route's significance and the transit incomes of Egypt. So, Egypt cannot solely view the consequences of war within the framework of its ties to Saudi Arabia or regional rivalry. Actually, any shock in Bab-el-Mandeb directl ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
Analysis

Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
economy. The squeeze from fuel prices has compounded problems the French were already confronting before the war: eroding purchasing power, anxiety over the future of public services, and the government's budget constraints. Rising energy costs, then, should be counted as one of the forces ampl ...
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Iran Warns of Threat to Hormuz Undersea Cables in Event of Infrastructure Attacks
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Iran Warns of Threat to Hormuz Undersea Cables in Event of Infrastructure Attacks

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
economy, online services and technology industries.
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Iranian FM Warns US of Greater Strategic Defeat Without Honorable Agreement
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Iranian FM Warns US of Greater Strategic Defeat Without Honorable Agreement

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
economy, Araghchi argued that the war had also inflicted significant costs on US interests, including damage to military bases and equipment. He emphasized that alternative shipping routes could not replace the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz and maintained that additional military aggr ...
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Damaged Tankers and  Lasting Wound of Energy Market
Analysis

Damaged Tankers and Lasting Wound of Energy Market

Saturday 24 October 2026 ،
economy can absorb if the war drags on and the damage to the tanker fleet widens. Hormuz is one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints. According to US Energy Information Administration data, roughly 20.9 million barrels a day of crude, condensate and refined products moved throug ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
economy and governance ministry signals an effort to expand the executive apparatus into digital transformation—but it will only improve governance if its mandate does not overlap with existing ministries and agencies. In his parliament appearance, al-Zaidi said the deputy prime ministers wil ...
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
Analysis

Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
economy, for all the promises and pledges from Western and Arab countries about lifting sanctions and making major investments, is faring even worse than it did under al-Assad; fuel inflation and punishing living conditions mean that even the glittering showcase the media present of post-Assad Syria ...

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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.