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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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What’s the Message of Iran’s IRGC Seizing Violating Ships in Strait of Hormuz?
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What’s the Message of Iran’s IRGC Seizing Violating Ships in Strait of Hormuz?

Thursday 23 April 2026
newspaper reports on the stopping of ships in the Strait of Hormuz, noting that Iran can force the vessels pass from specific routes after coordinating with the Iranian side and bar ships of hostile sides, like the US abd Israeli regime, from crossing. These actions, the newspaper argues, are legall ...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Back in Pakistan
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Iranian Foreign Minister Back in Pakistan

Sunday 26 April 2026 ،
new legal regime on the Strait of Hormuz, receiving compensation from aggressors, guarantees against future military aggression by warmongers, lifting naval blockades, among others. Iranian media sources indicated that Araghchi's return to Islamabad was not related to the nuclear issue.
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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 ،
new regional order—a future without America, built on shared fate among Persian Gulf neighbors. Iran's longstanding doctrine of common regional security calls for collective security without foreign interference. Although some Arab leaders' dependence on the US initially blocked this v ...
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Strait of Hormuz Cannot Return to Pre-War State, Deputy Speaker Declares
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Strait of Hormuz Cannot Return to Pre-War State, Deputy Speaker Declares

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
new legal regime is taking shape for the Strait of Hormuz ALWAGHT- Iranian Parliament Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad stressed that a new legal regime is taking shape for the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that the strategic waterway will never revert to its pre-war condition. Speaking during a supervisory ...
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Start of Netanyahu’s End: What Are the Reasons and Consequences of Knesset Dissolution?
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Start of Netanyahu’s End: What Are the Reasons and Consequences of Knesset Dissolution?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
new. As his political allies in the parliament separate ways from him one by one these days, he is feeling the shadow of political death more than any other time upon himself. It started when the Knesset on Wednesday put to vote in early reading a draft bill calling for self-dissolution, one that w ...
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
news headlines on Gaza developments. On May 19, Israeli occupation army raided the fleet that was trying to symbolically break years-long sea blockade on the war-ravaged Gaza, stopping the boats and assaulting their crews of civilians. According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli army intercepted the vess ...
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
new UN move to label Israel a sexual violence commiter during war once again highlights the gap between the legal principles and the political realities, where the international organizations can document crimes but the justice remains tied to the balance of power on the international stage. 
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
new mechanism to manage maritime security and regulate ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials have repeatedly stressed that, after the recent upheavals and conflicts, the region’s equations would not revert to the pre-war era, and that security arrangements in the Persian ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
new internal rift within Iraq’s Shiite political sphere, especially among groups that define themselves through the lens of resistance ideology. Of course, competition for a stronger foothold in the cabinet and parliament is nothing new. But it should be kept in mind that the deep ideological ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
new wave of missile strikes came just as the enemy, over the past few weeks, had been working hard to sell the narrative that Iran’s missile and drone power had been crippled by the recent war of attrition. But the scale and quality of the latest operations, especially with Israeli sources adm ...

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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.