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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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Key Strategic Remarks by the Martyred Leader on the Persian Gulf
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Key Strategic Remarks by the Martyred Leader on the Persian Gulf

Saturday 2 May 2026
foreign interference. Although some Arab leaders' dependence on the US initially blocked this vision, America's aggression and Iran's legitimate, popular-backed defense has convinced Persian Gulf elites that US policies serve Israeli instability. Iran has now emerged as a powerful, relia ...
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No Military Solution for Strait of Hormuz, World Countries Need to Cooperate with Iran: Expert
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No Military Solution for Strait of Hormuz, World Countries Need to Cooperate with Iran: Expert

Monday 4 May 2026 ،
foreign intervention in the political, security, and economic arrangements of the region. Tehran believes that foreign intervention has created the conditions for instability and insecurity, and that if foreign intervention is eliminated, the countries of the region can certainly architect their own ...
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
foreign-backed ISIS terrorist group, not only wield significant influence in parliament but have also operated in recent years as part of Iraq’s official armed forces structure. That is why a broad cross-section of Iraqi political forces views American pressure as blatant meddling in the coun ...
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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 ،
foreign policy, moving away from its traditional dependence on Russia and toward closer cooperation with the US and the European Union. The outcome, therefore, will be seen as a public referendum on whether Armenian society endorses or rejects that path. Pashinyan leading in polls  Poll resul ...
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
foreign ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaee reacted to Trump's comments, saying that although a major part of the text of the deal was finalized some while ago, the repeated shifts in the positions of the American side have prevented a conclusion. Iran, he went on, has not made any flexibility in ...
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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture
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Iran and Pakistan: Emerging Axis in New West Asia Security Order Architecture

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
foreign trade. But Pakistan's motivations run far deeper than neighborhood diplomacy or boosting its regional and global standing. They stem from a profound alignment with the Islamic Republic on major strategic issues: defending the Palestinian cause, confronting Israeli aggression against reg ...
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation

Tuesday 30 June 2026 ،
foreign powers from using Iraqi soil against Iran appears to have topped the agenda in recent Iranian-Iraqi talks. Tehran is also pressing Baghdad to sustain cooperation in neutralizing any security threats along their shared borders. It is noteworthy that the Iran-Iraq security agreement, which wa ...
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
foreign policy and that al-Zaydi's government is demanded to convince Trump that it is willing and able to meet several American demands. Take, for example, the Trump administration's agenda in Iraq. It is essentially defined by its broader policy toward Iran. Al-Zaydi's government has ...
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Iran Condemns UK’s Terrorist Designation of IRGC
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Iran Condemns UK’s Terrorist Designation of IRGC

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
foreign interference, alleged support for recent US-Israeli military actions against Iran, and claimed Britain was relying on unfounded security allegations while hosting groups Tehran describes as terrorist networks.
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
foreign policy without first recalibrating ties with Tehran. Even as the Trump administration and its special envoy Thomas Barrack deploy a mix of political pressure, security leverage, and economic inducements to curb Iranian influence in Iraq, al-Zaydi’s decision to place Tehran at the top ...

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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.