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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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Iran Denounces Trump’s ‘Hateful and Disgusting’ Threats in UN Filing
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Iran Denounces Trump’s ‘Hateful and Disgusting’ Threats in UN Filing

Tuesday 29 September 2026
peace and cooperation. He urged the UN to address what he described as the normalization of threats against a member state. The letter also referenced previous US-Israeli military actions against Iran, including the 12-day war in June 2025 and a later conflict beginning in February 2026. Iranian au ...
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course
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Iran Says Trump Is Trapped in A “Quagmire” And Struggling to Chart a Course

Wednesday 30 September 2026 ،
peace efforts in the Caucasus while asserting that the United States had no future in the region. Mustafayev described Iran-Azerbaijan ties as friendly and rejected claims that Azerbaijan had allowed its territory to be used against Iran.
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Iran Dismantles Four US-Israeli-Backed Sabotage Networks in Southern Province
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Iran Dismantles Four US-Israeli-Backed Sabotage Networks in Southern Province

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says its agents have detained 31 individuals allegedly involved in four organized networks ALWAGHT- Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says its agents have detained 31 individuals allegedly involved in four organized networks backed by the United States and Israel. The m ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
peacetime. That view underscores a key point which is that the troop withdrawal should be seen as part of a broader redefinition of America's presence across the region. Fifth scenario: US limited return in case of a security crisis Full exit from Iraq does not mean the US forces are impossibl ...
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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’
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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
peaceful uprising,” despite reports of violence, while French authorities now characterize similar unrest in France as “urban violence.” He argued that protest and human rights standards should not depend on where demonstrations occur. The French protests have spread across the co ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
peace to eliminate terrorism backgrounds, Pakistan-Afghanistan rifts have proven a frustration. Alwaght- Since 2017 that the Qatari-mediated US-Taliban talks grew more serious, Moscow Format talks started and so far eight rounds of them were held. One of the important agendas driving these talks in ...
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
peace and international law, stressing the need to defend the global legal order and hold perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide accountable. So while the Gaza report was not cited in the committee's statement as the specific reason for the prize, Pillay's record on ...
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Araghchi Urges Global Accountability for Environmental Destruction During Wars
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Araghchi Urges Global Accountability for Environmental Destruction During Wars

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
peace, and future generations. Araghchi said warfare can cause lasting damage to water and soil resources, air quality, forests, agricultural land, energy infrastructure, and biodiversity. Citing conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza, he pointed to attacks on energy facilities, water and sewage trea ...
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
peaceful nuclear program, betray a simpler fear, which is that Iran is becoming a rising power in the new global order, and that this momentum must be stopped. War against rebels, not a civilizational war Rubio, in his anti-Iran tirade, has conjured up a clash of civilizations, claiming Iranians l ...
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Says US Must Face Punishment and Meet Tehran’s Legitimate Demands
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Says US Must Face Punishment and Meet Tehran’s Legitimate Demands

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
peace with a new approach centered on war, diplomacy and deterrence. Expressing doubts about Washington’s willingness to honor agreements, he said Iran’s battlefield gains had compelled the United States to accept the June memorandum of understanding in Islamabad, creating opportunities ...

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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.