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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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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?
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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?

Monday 8 June 2026
media reports saying that Israeli military and intelligence forces had used its territory for operations during the ongoing conflict with Iran. Azerbaijan shares roughly 700 kilometers of border with Iran and has repeatedly stated it will not allow its soil to be used against its neighbors. That s ...
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Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US
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Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
media outlets said that the US claimed Trump last night asked Netanyahu to avoid attacks on Iran, after Israeli airstrikes on parts of Iran, signs are emerging about Israeli coordination with the US in its attacks. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ismail Baghaee announced that the US is direct ...
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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 ،
media, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, made it blunt: “We shattered the ceasefire equation that existed on paper but was repeatedly violated on the ground.” All in all, the Islamic Republic has used this missile strike to cement a new equation in favor of the ...
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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 ،
media analysis.  Collapse of old assumptions about Iran’s behavior  For years, Western and Israeli circles believed that economic pressures, sanctions, and home reservations have limited Tehran's power to make decisions to directly engage in regional crises. They thought that T ...
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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 ،
mediators are scrambling to keep dialogue and de-escalation on track, Washington carried out fresh attacks on several locations inside Iran. US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed the operation in southern Iran was in self-defense and a response to the downing of an Apache helicopter. Around the same ...
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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 ،
mediation channels are now active. At the same time as Trump’s comments, several major media outlets fueled the speculation frenzy by publishing reports, citing informed sources, about the contents of an alleged agreement. Axios reported that after talks between Iranian officials and the Qat ...
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
media and officials. When Iran refused to take those threats seriously, he followed through on them, aiming to project a credible threat. His goal was to turn that threat into a bargaining tool for critical moments and salvage his damaged image in global public opinion. Iranian forces, however, had ...
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
media outlets said that Washington’s stated goals about Iran's nuclear program, Iran's regional influence, and sustainable security in the Persian Gulf have not fully been realized. Trita Parsi, an Iranian-American political analyst, has held that Trump is squeezed for saving the ceas ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
media outlet said that units of military are set to run these outposts. According to Israeli security officials, these outposts have been set up in an area opposite the Tomer and Peza’el settlements in the Jordan Valley. Unlike previous arrangements with farmers, who were allowed to operate i ...
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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 ،
mediators, too, announced the agreement. On February 28, when the US and Israeli regime launched a joint aggression against Iran, Trump claimed a big blow was dealt to Iran, destroying its military, naval, and air power. However, over the past two months, the erratic US president has been claiming ...

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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.