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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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Doomed from the Start: How Trump’s ’Project Freedom’ Never Got Off the Ground
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Doomed from the Start: How Trump’s ’Project Freedom’ Never Got Off the Ground

Wednesday 6 May 2026
events, along with a dramatic rise in oil prices, reflect escalating risk perceptions and the plan's premature failure—indicating that Donald Trump's latest initiative was effectively dead on arrival. Developments in the Persian Gulf have shown that unilateral attempts to secure the S ...
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
events. So, as Iran’s FM visits China, Tehran is working to reassure its Chinese partner that stability and security in the Strait will be preserved, and Beijing’s economic and energy interests along this strategic route will not be disrupted. From a geopolitical perspective, China vie ...
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
events in Gaza, and Israeli society's behavior. In short, the Hezbollah's recent strikes on northern settlements are not just a military response to the Israeli regime's actions, but they are part of a deeper transformation in its deterrence doctrine. The main goal of this strategy is t ...
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
events would prove right. 2. US arrogance and self-deception: The strategic position of the Strait of Hormuz, the vast array of goods and cargo passing through it, and the impact of those goods on people's daily lives and the global economy are such that even military novices know one thing for ...
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Supreme Leader’s Injuries Minor, Health Remains Strong, Officials Confirm
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Supreme Leader’s Injuries Minor, Health Remains Strong, Officials Confirm

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
events under exceptional circumstances. Kermanpour recounted traveling to the Strait of Hormuz and the city of Minab, where he was shocked to see every billboard displaying images of martyred schoolchildren. He described Minab as America's Hiroshima in Iran, comparing the tragedy to the US atom ...
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FMs of Iran and Oman Hold Talks on Diplomatic Push to Halt War
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FMs of Iran and Oman Hold Talks on Diplomatic Push to Halt War

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
events ALWAGHT- Abbas Araghchi of Iran and Oman's Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi held telephone talks on Saturday morning, covering recent regional events and diplomatic initiatives aimed at de-escalation and ending the war. A brief statement from Iran's Foreign Ministry said the two ministers exch ...
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
events in Minab that “what is happening today to innocent children is part of a broader puzzle of organized crimes by the arrogant powers, who deliberately target civilians and children, using these tragedies as tools in the arena of international politics.” Morteza Karamouzian, head of ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
events of this country since its independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The significance of the election is not limited to determining the composition of the new parliament. It is actually a kind of an indirect referendum about the future path of the Armenian foreign policy and in fact the ...
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck

Saturday 6 June 2026 ،
events over the past 31 months, has seen ups and downs, and is now in a downward phase, as the central question looms larger than ever: Netanyahu has failed in his claim. The second question concerns the situation that relentless, successive wars over these 31 months have created for the Israelis. ...
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
events showed that the US has little appetite for entering a full-blown regional war. Many observers believe Netanyahu cannot make major military decisions without coordinating with Washington, since a significant part of Israel's deterrence capability and combat capacity depends on American po ...

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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.