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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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White House Pressure Over Illegal Iran War Forces Trump’s Top Spy to Resign
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White House Pressure Over Illegal Iran War Forces Trump’s Top Spy to Resign

Saturday 23 May 2026
posted on X, she stated she needed to step away from public service to support him through his battle, with her resignation effective June 30. Trump responded on Truth Social, saying we will miss her and expressing confidence that her husband would recover. However, multiple sources familiar with t ...
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
postponed to later stages. However, Iran's negotiating spokesman Esmail Baghaei has cautioned that major differences remain, and past US excessive demands have made Tehran more cautious. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues to emphasize uranium enrichment and nuclear restrictio ...
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Baghaei Underscores Invaders’ Failure to Overcome Iran
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Baghaei Underscores Invaders’ Failure to Overcome Iran

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
posts, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf pushed back against the notion of foreign invasion. Baghaei shared an image of the ancient Sasanian rock relief of Shapur I defeating a Roman emperor, arguing that Iranians have historic ...
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game
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With His Move against Arms of Resistance Groups, Iraq’s Al-Sadr is Playing in Trump’s Game

Sunday 31 May 2026 ،
posturing and will not rub off on other factions. He is carrying this out in lockstep with US and Israeli policies, ignoring the very real dangers looming over Iraq’s security. Having lost his standing among the Iraqi public, al-Sadr cannot force through the resistance’s disarmament. And ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
post-Soviet space, any hasty lurch toward the West could carry complex security and geopolitical consequences for Armenia, exposing it to even greater tensions. In general, Armenia election can be one of the most determining political events of this country since its independence from the Soviet Un ...
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026 ،
posts. In Iran, by contrast, political and social cohesion, and the bond between the people and the leadership, only grew stronger throughout the war. Alwaght: Arab countries complain about being targeted during Iran's responses. Is there any sign we can suggest they have learned lessons from t ...
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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 ،
posts are allocated by quota to ensure all minorities have a share in power. This arrangement was embedded in the constitution after a 15-year civil war as a mechanism for maintaining stability. As a result, Lebanese governments have always been, by necessity, coalitions of the country’s main ...
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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 ،
posts, he charged, amounts to national treason. His remarks come as the US has made clear it will veto any role for resistance factions in Iraq's political arrangements. Meanwhile, Nazim al-Saedi, head of al-Nujaba's executive council, insisted that any discussion on weapons must be compreh ...
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Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US
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Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
post said that this war was totally humiliating for Trump and the US power, and when Trump said he planned to call Netanyahu and asked him not to retaliate Iranian missile attacks, and Netanyahu retaliated within hours, this compounds the humiliation of Trump. 
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
post on social media, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, made it blunt: “We shattered the ceasefire equation that existed on paper but was repeatedly violated on the ground.” All in all, the Islamic Republic has used this missile strike to cement a new equation i ...

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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.