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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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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic
Interview

Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic

Monday 6 July 2026
ties. Wherever I went, I truly did not hear a single person question the Islamic Republic's rightness in this fight. Everyone stood with Iran, voiced their support, and offered their sympathies. I recently traveled to Siberia, and I remember the pilot himself, once he learned I was Muslim and S ...
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Israel-US Want Partition of Turkey, Erdogan Govt. Should Stand with Iran: Turkish Party Chief
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Israel-US Want Partition of Turkey, Erdogan Govt. Should Stand with Iran: Turkish Party Chief

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
ties to Iran's position and on the other hand, the growing conflict between Ankara and Tel Aviv, including on security and political cases, have made fresh assessments of the future regional relations unavoidable.  In such conditions, examination of the view of Turkey's parties and pol ...
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
ties. The Supreme Leader consistently emphasized in meetings with Palestinian leaders that the Islamic Republic would back any Palestinian faction fighting occupation, and that this support would continue because he viewed Palestine's victory as beneficial to the entire Muslim ummah.  In O ...
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Massive Crowds Welcome Ayatollah Khamenei’s Body in Karbala
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Massive Crowds Welcome Ayatollah Khamenei’s Body in Karbala

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
ties. Funeral rites in Najaf drew an estimated 2.3 million mourners, according to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). The procession was attended by senior Iraqi officials and accompanied by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, with the body taken to ...
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One Soul in Two Bodies: Iraq the Second Station of Martyred Leader’s Funeral
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One Soul in Two Bodies: Iraq the Second Station of Martyred Leader’s Funeral

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
ties between the two neighbors, rather, it is driven by historical, religious, and cultural bonds of the two nations which have existed centuries before the rise of the modern states. Why has Iraq hosted funeral of Iranian leader? Al Jazeera, in one of its reports on Tehran-Baghdad relations, writ ...
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"

Saturday 11 July 2026 ،
ties. Instead, we should frame it as part of Washington’s broader pivot: moving from a “direct confrontation” strategy to one of “regional balance engineering.” The latest war on Iran proved, contrary to early estimates, that the Axis of Resistance did not collapse, bu ...
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Iran, Oman Explore ‘Proportionate Mechanism’ for Hormuz
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Iran, Oman Explore ‘Proportionate Mechanism’ for Hormuz

Sunday 12 July 2026 ،
ties. The two ministers discussed regional developments, including the Strait of Hormuz, while Oman reiterated its support for diplomacy and full implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States. They also exchanged views on an appropriate mechani ...
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Martyred Leader Was Voice of World’s Muslims: Russian Funeral Participant
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Martyred Leader Was Voice of World’s Muslims: Russian Funeral Participant

Sunday 12 July 2026 ،
ties of Russia despite the long distance for the final farewell with a character who for years was known not only as the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran but as one of the most influential world leaders. Saheb Sheikzedayov is one of these visitors from Russia. He told Alwaght about record of ...
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Oman Facing Tough Dilemma after Iran Duqm Port Message
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Oman Facing Tough Dilemma after Iran Duqm Port Message

Monday 13 July 2026 ،
ties for US warships and refueling platforms for American aircraft carriers at the Port of Duqm with a heavy and surprise attack. Throughout the war, and even during the ceasefire period, Iran repeatedly struck US positions and bases in the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies, but Oman had remained outsid ...
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
ties with Washington amid home calls to not facilitate further American interference in Iraqi affairs. Alwaght- The new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi who has recently made an important political and propagandistic splash by his daring, unprecedented anti-corruption campaign, this time has broken ...

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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.