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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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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement

Sunday 24 May 2026
negotiations. Several factors are fueling this shift, including Donald Trump’s visit to China late last week, the new role of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s Parliament and head of the Islamabad negotiating team, as the point man on relations with Beijing, two back‑and‑forth ...
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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 ،
negotiations with the US. At the time, the US asserted that release of the Iranian assets was possible only if a deal was inked, but Tehran rejected this condition, saying that these assets are unconditionally Iranian people’s right. Ultimately, the issue of unlocking financial assets was dec ...
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 finally led to the signing of the 2015 nuclear deal under the Obama administration. Although the agreement denied Iran certain key nuclear rights, something which pleased the US and Western countries, Trump tore it up with a single stroke upon taking office in ...
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
Analysis

As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks

Saturday 30 May 2026 ،
negotiations for Lebanese home security, diplomacy is serving as another side of the blade of the Israeli military operations. From the outset, the Hezbollah’s calculus has been built on one core conviction: the only path to liberation, deterrence, and forcing the enemy to retreat is the figh ...
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
negotiations for end of the barbarous Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the Israeli army is making advances deep in the Lebanese territory, marching beyond Litani River and close to the city Nabatieh in the south. The Israeli push is so hard that if it was not for resistance of Hezbollah fighters, the pre ...
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
Interview

From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026 ،
negotiations to get what they had not won on the battlefield. That did not work either, because Iran still had the military upper hand and had firmly established its control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran stood its ground, and the aggressors walked away from the talks empty-handed. At present, the ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
negotiations, Hezbollah’s weapons, and relationship with Iran as an ally of Hezbollah and backer of Lebanon in the face of the Israeli hostility. These disputes have long since left the closed-door negotiating tables of politicians and their backroom meetings. Now, no one hesitates to bring th ...
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal
Analysis

Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
negotiations have resulted in a framework deal, but that Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei must give the final approval. Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Tehran, Noureddine al-Dhugair, also claimed that everything is now final and settled regarding the Iran-US agreement. Al Arabiya, citing ...
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
Analysis

Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
negotiations. This official acknowledgment, which is not far from the truth, implies that Iranian negotiators have so far stood firmly on the right positions. By sticking to their principles, they have prevented the Americans from breaking through their strong defenses, forcing the US side to resort ...
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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 ،
negotiations to end the Iran war “lacks a lot of credibility.”  The Hill, in a report, quotes the Democratic senator from California as saying on CNN: “When a president squanders his credibility by lying, and the American people have no idea when they can actually believe him ...

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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.