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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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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe
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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe

Thursday 21 May 2026
financially to environmental protection. Fourth, a future framework could integrate maritime security financing with broader reconstruction arrangements. He concludes that the future of the Strait of Hormuz depends not on military coercion but on diplomatic innovation, requiring de-escalation and a ...
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
financial assets, and providing economic exemptions, with nuclear disagreements postponed to later stages. However, Iran's negotiating spokesman Esmail Baghaei has cautioned that major differences remain, and past US excessive demands have made Tehran more cautious. Meanwhile, US Secretary of St ...
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Start of Netanyahu’s End: What Are the Reasons and Consequences of Knesset Dissolution?
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Start of Netanyahu’s End: What Are the Reasons and Consequences of Knesset Dissolution?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
financial markets, especially the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the shekels, and delay major state-led long-term projects. Given the sharp rise in military spending over the past three years, this could place an additional financial burden squarely on the shoulders of settlers. Socially, dissolution ...
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?

Tuesday 26 May 2026 ،
financial system whose transfer is impossible due to sanctions on Iran. The case dates back to a couple of years ago, when Joe Biden’s presidency coincided with that of late President Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi of Iran. When Raisi started his administration, the official view of Tehran was that the ...
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?
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How’s Iran War Taking Its Toll on European Economies?

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
financial support measures weren't completely trivial, but they won't prevent the fourth round of real wage declines since 2008. 3. Weakening the bargaining power of workers: Trade unions, especially in the Eurozone, are facing a bitter reality: workers, fearing layoffs and job insecurity, ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
financial and banking sanctions, the US maintains constant pressures on the Iraqi government to isolate the resistance factions and finally separate Iraq from its main cradle the Axis of Resistance and Iran for Washington to advance its West Asian plots with wider open hands. However, resistance fa ...
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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 ،
financial and energy markets, and also discontentment of the Arab countries. Meanwhile, Trump wants to run the FIFA World Cup games smoothly with least challenges. But IRGC’s missile strike has now thrown Washington’s strategy of controlled escalation into serious disarray, and makes it ...
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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 ،
financial, and military support. Yet during the latest crisis, the gap between Israel's desire to escalate pressure and Washington's caution about widening the war became more evident than ever. This dynamic allowed Tehran to exploit the situation to ramp up political pressure on Tel Aviv. ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
financial markets fear tumult Continued esclatorty approach of Washington will impact the financial and energy markets and stir a new wave of concerns among investors and traders. A report by the Financial Times maintained that Brent crude jumped to $92.30 after the US attacks. WTI oil added 60 cen ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
financial markets, a clear sign that the economy was a key driver behind Washington’s push to end the war. Aaron David Miller, a former US State Department negotiator and official, argues that the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to achieve its goals but also imp ...

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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.