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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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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran

Tuesday 1 September 2026
military strikes on Iran, saying they caused civilian casualties and economic damage while violating international law and the UN Charter. It warned that such actions pose serious risks to international peace, security, and stability. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) also called for refo ...
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Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade
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Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
military performance has become more effective with each successive confrontation. On the Strait of Hormuz, Ghalibaf asserted that Iran maintains control of the waterway and can respond to any hostile movements. He said Iran has not abandoned its leverage over the strait and will continue to preven ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
military attack on the Iranian island, emphasizing that the country’s armed forces will not hesitate to exercise their inherent right to self-defense and will respond decisively and proportionately to any military aggression. The statement made clear that the United States bears full responsib ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
military strikes against Iran, reaffirming its commitment to Iran's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. Therefore, for Tehran, then, the SCO is not just a potential market, it is a political podium. 
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IRGC Strikes US Command Headquarters at Kuwait Military Base in Retaliatory Attack
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IRGC Strikes US Command Headquarters at Kuwait Military Base in Retaliatory Attack

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
military presence at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base early Wednesday, targeting a US commander’s headquarters and residence. The IRGC said the strike was retaliation for a US attack on a residential home in Sirik that it says killed four people, including a child, and injured nearly 70 ot ...
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
military failures, contrasting the attack with what he described as AI-generated footage portraying American officials as “moral and victorious heroes.” He also invoked American author Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, quoting the line that a true story about war is nev ...
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Qalibaf: Resistance Front Stands United Against US Aggression
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Qalibaf: Resistance Front Stands United Against US Aggression

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
military and political actions, saying they had surprised many countries, and reaffirmed that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its presence is removed from Palestinian territory.
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
military coordination, and now shows clear signs of crystallizing into a coherent military alignment in the eastern Mediterranean. It is little wonder, then, that Ankara views such military convergence as a direct threat to its national security and to its position on Northern Cyprus. Turkey conten ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
military operations or those of its allies. This week, that grim pattern was repeated when an American airstrike hit a home hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, a mountainous area in Sirik County of Iran's Hormozgan Province. The strike killed at least five civilians people and wounded dozens more. A ...
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
military overhaul, backed by Western training and equipment. Instead, the brigade was hit by a wave of unauthorized absences and outright desertion. A report by Poland's Centre for Eastern Studies noted that in this brigade alone, cases of AWOL were recorded even during overseas training in Fran ...

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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.