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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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Iraq’s PMF Flexing Muscles to ISIS Threat in Desert Regions
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Iraq’s PMF Flexing Muscles to ISIS Threat in Desert Regions

Thursday 30 October 2025
interview with Al-Maalomah that ISIS is seeking to exploit the chaotic security situation in Syria to plan and activate its cells inside Iraq. Roots of ISIS rise in Iraq's western deserts  Rise of ISIS in Iraq in initial years of the 2010s marked a turning point in the history of Iraq and ...
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Al-Fashir Massacre: Who’s to Blame?
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Al-Fashir Massacre: Who’s to Blame?

Saturday 1 November 2025 ،
interview with Al Jazeera that responsibility for this bloodshed lies with those who created the causes for these successive wars in Sudan. Emphasizing the criminalization of the unlawful killing of any Sudanese citizen, he called for viewing the situation in Sudan as an interconnected whole, rather ...
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Trump Misreads Nuclear Strategy as Rivals Modernize
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Trump Misreads Nuclear Strategy as Rivals Modernize

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
interview, President Donald Trump claimed the US would resume nuclear explosive testing, insisting that Russia and China were already conducting such tests. His remarks drew criticism from officials and experts, who said he misinterpreted nuclear strategy and the current activities of rival powers. ...
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism

Thursday 6 November 2025 ،
interviewing working-class New Yorkers of color about their reasons for supporting Trump or not voting at all first made him a household name. His affable personality and tireless ground game, like meeting voters, including his critics, in person, cast him as the perfect antithesis to his rival, An ...
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Why’s Trump Admitted Direct US Complicity in Israel’s War on Iran?
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Why’s Trump Admitted Direct US Complicity in Israel’s War on Iran?

Saturday 8 November 2025 ،
interview that the attack may have backfired. He stated that while Iran had not previously decided to weaponize its nuclear program, it may now choose to do so, moving its program deeper underground. This underscores that not only was Iran's nuclear program not destroyed, but also the country al ...
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Trump Struggles to Escape Epstein Scandal
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Trump Struggles to Escape Epstein Scandal

Wednesday 19 November 2025 ،
interview transcripts and records of his extensive contacts. This comprehensive collection of evidence is now in the possession of the Department of Justice.  What has already been published about Epstein?  The recent disclosure of Epstein emails concerning Trump is not the first documen ...
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IAEA, from Claims of Neutrality to Close Ties to Tel Aviv
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IAEA, from Claims of Neutrality to Close Ties to Tel Aviv

Saturday 22 November 2025 ،
interviews. These allegations persist against a starkly disproportionate reality: while Iran's nuclear capacity constitutes less than 3 percent of the global total, the country has been subjected to a staggering 25 percent of all IAEA inspections worldwide. This translates to Iran undergoing te ...
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, described this dispute as a scandal affecting the security of the regime. He described it as a result of the impulsive behavior of the defense minister who “gives orders, speaks, directs, and threatens.” According to him, if the PM were focused on the affa ...
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Ankara and Tehran: From Economic Partnership to Anti-Israeli Alliance
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Ankara and Tehran: From Economic Partnership to Anti-Israeli Alliance

Monday 1 December 2025 ،
interview with the newspaper Iran, Tehran’s ambassador to Ankara Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh outlined a clear picture of the growth in bilateral trade. He highlighted the 65 percent surge in trade volume last year, reaching approximately $19.4 billion, describing this figure as a clear ind ...
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Araghchi: Iran Stands by Diplomacy as US Pushes “Rule of the Jungle”
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Araghchi: Iran Stands by Diplomacy as US Pushes “Rule of the Jungle”

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
interview after a mediation-focused meeting in Muscat, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran remains committed to diplomacy and is open to a fair agreement if the United States shows genuine willingness to negotiate. He stressed that Iran has never abandoned talks and sees diplomacy as a core pr ...

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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.