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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’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table

Friday 21 August 2026
settlement, and other financial restrictions remain the barriers to unlocking full potentials. In this regard, just two days before Ghalibaf's arrival, the governor of Iran's central bank was already in Baghdad, talking with his Iraqi counterpart and the finance and trade ministers to clear ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
settlements, the regime's Judaization policies, and settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, along with the dire conditions in Gaza, ways to halt escalating aggression, and how to keep the Palestinian people from becoming pawns in the Israeli regime's electoral rivalries. Palestini ...
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Iran Communicates Strait of Hormuz Conditions to US Through Pakistani Mediator
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Iran Communicates Strait of Hormuz Conditions to US Through Pakistani Mediator

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
settlement. The diplomatic efforts came as Washington announced new sanctions targeting nearly 60 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and vessels. Iranian sources dismissed the latest US economic measures as largely psychological pressure and media propaganda, arguing that Washington has already exh ...
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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 ،
settlements outside the US financial system have all become part of the toolkit developed over years of sanctions. The most striking example is oil trade with China. According to estimates from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Beijing purchased roughly 1.4 million barrels of Ir ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
settlement channels must be fixed first, followed by upgrades to border and transport infrastructure. Without that, grand agreements will remain little more than paper exercises. On the military front, relations between the two countries are shaped by two major, and somewhat contradictory, challeng ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
settlement mechanisms that reduce total reliance on the greenback. Iran's central bank joined the relevant working group for the first time in 2023. For Iran, that translates into a tangible opportunity: expanded trade settled in rials, yuan, rubles, rupees, and other national currencies. More ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
settlement construction at an unprecedented pace. Human Rights Watch reports that settler violence has spiked sharply since the current cabinet took office in December 2022, with attacks reaching record levels in 2026. In effect, Netanyahu spent the past several years cozying up to this political f ...
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Katz Escalates Threats, Warns PA of ‘Full-Scale War’
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Katz Escalates Threats, Warns PA of ‘Full-Scale War’

Monday 7 September 2026 ،
settlement activity intensifies and tensions continue to mount. Israeli Security Minister Israel Katz said he ordered the occupation army to prepare for a potential “full-scale war” against the Palestinian Authority’s leadership, security forces, affiliated bodies, and alleged off ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
settlement Trump promised. The visit to Russia and then Ukraine of Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner and chief negotiator Steve Witkoff came while since the beginning, the expectations of the outcomes were low. The talks that started with the US mediation between the two warring side ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
settlement and its opposition to outside intervention. In Sudan, Abu Dhabi is backing the Rapid Support Forces in their war against the national army. United Nations reports have documented arms and equipment flowing to the paramilitaries from the UAE, an allegation Abu Dhabi denies. Algeria views ...

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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.