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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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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026
emergency and high-alert mode, and millions of people were evacuated to shelters for hours. According to Al Jazeera, the situation was so severe that large parts of the occupied territories were effectively paralyzed. These strikes made clear that Iran is fully determined to enforce a ceasefire equ ...
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How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?
Analysis

How’s Iran War Exposed Israel Weakness?

Tuesday 23 June 2026 ،
emergency aid to bolster Israel’s war machine. A sizable chunk of the regime’s military arsenal comes straight from the US, from F-15 and F-35 fighter jets to bunker-busters, interceptor missiles, air-defense systems, and cutting-edge intelligence gear, all supplied without restriction ...
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Tehran Hosts Second Day of Leader’s Public Funeral Rites
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Tehran Hosts Second Day of Leader’s Public Funeral Rites

Sunday 5 July 2026 ،
emergency responders, medical teams and support staff remained deployed, with entry routes, relief stations and welfare services operating to manage the large crowds and facilitate the proceedings.
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
emergency committee in Gaza formally submitted his resignation, a move aimed at smoothing the administrative transition and paving the way for a Palestinian technocratic committee to take over civilian governance. Many observers initially framed the decision as a major political concession to halt ...
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From Zaporizhzhia to Darkhovin: A Look at IAEA’s Double Standards
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From Zaporizhzhia to Darkhovin: A Look at IAEA’s Double Standards

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
emergency Board of Governors meeting has been called, no special inspection team has been dispatched to Iran, and no mechanism, akin to the Zaporizhzhia local ceasefires, has been proposed to protect Iran's nuclear sites. This very discrepancy lies at the heart of Tehran's accusations of a ...
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Iraq says Arbaeen observance continues despite security challenges. Alwaght- This year's Arbaeen is being observed in Iraq's holy cities of Karbala and Najaf while the US imposed war on Iran has immersed the region in growing insecurity. Reports suggest that though the war and instability ha ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
emergency backup and complement to Iran's oil trade, and with long-term investment in Pakistani rail and port infrastructure, its capacity could grow. Some studies have indeed framed overland oil shipments to China as a potential limited lifeline for Iran, even if their scale remains far below w ...
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports
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Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
emergency funding, including $18.2 billion to replenish advanced missile interceptor stocks such as Patriot, Tomahawk, and THAAD systems. The funding request comes amid concerns that the conflict has significantly depleted US weapons and interceptor supplies.
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
emergency funding request for an additional $67 billion. It should be noted that Iran's integrated campaign during the recent war, zeroing in on intelligence and military targets, and likely leveraging both technology and foreign intelligence, has become one of the largest and costliest blows t ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
emergency mechanism modeled on NATO's Article 4. The FREYA missile defense project, involving nine European countries plus Ukraine and pitched as a cheaper alternative to Patriot, will serve as the real-world test of this pivot. Is Europe prepared for defense independence from the US? Meanwhil ...

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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.