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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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Araghchi: Israeli Lobby Seeks to Tie US Interests to Israel’s Fate
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Araghchi: Israeli Lobby Seeks to Tie US Interests to Israel’s Fate

Tuesday 22 September 2026
policy, saying Washington should free itself from pressure to align its interests with Israel. He made the comments in response to an opinion piece warning that US financial pressure could eventually target Israeli entities. The article, published by Israel Hayom, was written by Mark Dubowitz, head ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
policy in Iraq. The decline in direct American support for the Peshmerga Ministry and Washington’s changing model of military assistance stand out as among the most important variables shaping the project’s future. The US War Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2027 shows ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
policy chief Kaja Kallas, he accused the bloc of appeasing US bullying rather than upholding the principles it claims to defend. Araghchi also met Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov. With Ryzhenkov, he discussed expanding ...
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
policy, at a time his war against Iran has gone nowhere. The US war against the world Iran topped Trump’s agenda. Defending the war the US and Israeli regime launched against Iran, the American president said that absent a deal, Washington could “obliterate” the Islamic Republic. ...
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Araghchi Issues Warning to EU, NATO Over US-Israeli Actions
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Araghchi Issues Warning to EU, NATO Over US-Israeli Actions

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
policy chief Kaja Kallas and other European officials, saying he had directly warned them about what he described as the serious and lasting repercussions of supporting or facilitating alleged Israeli and US war crimes. He also responded to remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte concerning &l ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
policy can be read as an effort to retain right-wing support and shore up his political position in the election. The sustained emphasis on security threats, military presence and developments tied to Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories, alongside the jockeying inside his own camp, shows ...
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
policy against Iran and the current war conditions. He said that the Americans for decades have vastly used an array of instruments to stop the Iranian advances in various areas; from using the UN and political pressures to spreading lies, pushing economic pressure, and tens of other tools. In all o ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
policy. First, there is the America First approach, which conditions any backing for allies on operational alignment and low cost to Washington. Second, there is his structural pessimism toward non-state actors, who he believes operate on the basis of momentary interests rather than long-term strat ...
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
policy. The Jerusalem Post, reacting to Netanyahu's humiliation on the UN floor, wrote: Israelis need more than the list of achievements Netanyahu offered, and after three years of war, one simple question remains: Where are we going? In addition, Yaakov Katz, a researcher at the Jewish People ...
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
policy ALWAGHT- Iraqi political analyst Mohammad Mazaheri stated that the halt in Iranian commercial flights to Iraqi airports should be viewed as more than a matter of aviation or economic policy. In his assessment, the suspension has become a broader test of Baghdad’s ability to assert its s ...

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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.