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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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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026
secret network of trade and business which is hard to target. Alwaght- The Department of Treasury on Monday rolled out under what it called D-Day sanctions a new round of sanctions under a new economic campaign against Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the goal of the new measures is to c ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
secretary-general is entering a critical phase, a contest that could reshape how the world body tackles major international files in the years ahead, from the Gaza war and the Palestine question to occupation and Israel’s conduct. Guterres steps down at the end of 2026, and his successor take ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
ties to the president, Chevron, Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, all of which are already circling for expanded operations in Venezuelan oil fields. According to sources who spoke with Reuters, a leasing model is on the table that could throw those oil fields open to competitive bids from US producers. Th ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
secretary-general of al-Nujaba, recently warned that let Trump know that we will be watching September 30 with eagerness and full readiness. If the occupier reneges on its commitment to a complete withdrawal, we will launch a decisive battle against them. If even a single US soldier remains on Iraqi ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
secretary-general of Iraq's Badr Organization, told tribal leaders at a meeting that we will pass the Popular Mobilization Forces law. We have discussed this with the prime minister, and he supports it. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi once again stressed that the measure sits atop the governm ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
secretary-general of the al-Nujaba Movement, and Hussein al-Mousawi, the movement’s deputy secretary-general for media affairs, have bluntly branded the decision a mistake, a surrender of national sovereignty and a capitulation to American diktat. They stressed that Iran has stood by Iraq at c ...
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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 ،
secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran has laid out its terms to Washington ALWAGHT- Major General Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran has laid out its terms to Washington, but US President Donald Trump has yet to make a ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
secretary at the time, was asked how long they would stay in Iraq. He arrogantly replied that they'd be there for 30 years for now, and would figure out later how to define their strategic objectives. But in the end, in 2011, the Democratic Obama was forced to leave Iraq. Return to Iraq under I ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
secretary sharpened that forecast into a firmer deadline, asserting that Tehran had only about 15 million barrels of oil in cargoes already in transit and would deliver its last oil shipments to China within two weeks; after that, he said, it would have nothing left to bargain with. The remarks are ...
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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 ،
secretary-general, while taking a swipe at the organization's past performance. Unfortunately, for many reasons open to debate, the OIC has not performed well, but with a new secretary-general and the chairmanship passing to Iraq, we hope it will find a second wind, he said. He also voiced hope ...

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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.