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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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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?

Sunday 11 October 2026
rights dispute. Some residents and local officials are asking how we can be prepared to hand over land to the Taliban when they are not paying our water rights. The final issue is the insecurity and security risks in Sistan-Baluchestan, which have intensified somewhat in recent months. The assassin ...
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Pezeshkian Accuses US of Complicity in Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
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Pezeshkian Accuses US of Complicity in Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
rights, arguing that they remain largely silent over Palestinian suffering while readily criticizing Iran over alleged human rights violations. He also condemned what he characterized as US-Israeli expansionist ambitions in the region, including efforts to seize territory and control oil and other n ...
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
rights and security requirements. Naqdi also warned that unauthorized passages created by damaging rocky sections of the waterway would be closed. Shekarchi said Iran’s armed forces remained prepared to defend the country and pledged to counter US and Israeli objectives in the region. He urge ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
Analysis

Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
rights committee, said the measure is not an attack on religious freedom or freedom of expression. There is no ban on wearing a headscarf outside school, and the main goal is to maintain uniform rules in the educational environment, he told Al Jazeera. But for many devout Muslims, hijab restrictio ...
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Iran’s Diplomacy amid War: Muslim World and Palestinian Question
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Iran’s Diplomacy amid War: Muslim World and Palestinian Question

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital. The core challenge, however, remains the gap between agreement on the texts and their actual implementation, a point the OIC secretary-general himself underscored after the meeting ...
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Leader Calls for Stronger Anti-Corruption Measures and Compensation for US-Israeli War Damage
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Leader Calls for Stronger Anti-Corruption Measures and Compensation for US-Israeli War Damage

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
rights, including obtaining reparations for losses inflicted by US-Israeli attacks. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei urged Iran’s judiciary to intensify efforts to combat corruption, uphold public rights and promote justice during a meeting with Judi ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
rights abuses and the 2007 attack on American forces. His elevation to the deputy premiership, a post that had previously run into an American veto, raises the question of what significant concession Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq made to the foreign side to secure this position. Some reports and figures cl ...
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Ghalibaf Warns Any Infringement on Iranian Territory Will Provoke an Unimaginable Response
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Ghalibaf Warns Any Infringement on Iranian Territory Will Provoke an Unimaginable Response

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
rights and national interests. Ghalibaf accused the United States of becoming trapped in a crisis through its miscalculations and what he described as an unprovoked war against Iran. He said Washington must change its conduct, abandon its coercive policies and take concrete steps to fulfill its com ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
rights and opposed normalization until an independent Palestinian state is formed. But the Saudi place in the calculations related to normalization with Israeli regime gives this posture a different weight. For years, Riyadh has been one of Washington's most prized targets in its drive to expan ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
rights remain safeguarded. Netanyahu and temptation of war to stay in power Iraq's developments cannot be assessed in isolation from Israel's domestic politics and the anxieties surrounding Netanyahu's political future. The Palestine-Now news agency, in a report headlined Israeli Analy ...

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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.