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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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Trump’s High-stakes Gamble on Iran Means  Winning or Losing Everything
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Trump’s High-stakes Gamble on Iran Means Winning or Losing Everything

Sunday 1 February 2026
12-day war, the abduction of Venezuela’s president, or aggression against Yemen. The Iranian officials, aware of this American weakness, in their push to prevent the US miscalculation and to dissuade Trump from a war stress that if war is started by Trump, Netanyahu, or both, Iran will firmly ...
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What’s Driven Qatari PM’s Short Tehran Visit?
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What’s Driven Qatari PM’s Short Tehran Visit?

Monday 2 February 2026 ،
12-day war precipice to his deceptive techniques and psychological operations regarding Venezuela, they remain fingers on the trigger. From this viewpoint, the atmosphere of vigilance, resistance, and defensive readiness in Iran is not overshadowed by potential diplomatic progress. Instead, it is r ...
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Instigating Acts of Violence May Lead to Potential Harm for The US And Its Allies
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Instigating Acts of Violence May Lead to Potential Harm for The US And Its Allies

Monday 2 February 2026 ،
12-day conflict and previous confrontations like the Iran–Iraq war. Mousavi warned that even a minor miscalculation by antagonists would prompt immediate action from Iran, potentially putting American personnel at risk and igniting a regional crisis. The Iranian military chief also dismissed ...
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?

Wednesday 4 February 2026 ،
12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, over 150 THAAD interceptors were fired to counter Iran’s more advanced ballistic missiles. This figure is more than triple the US Army’s average annual procurement of just 40 interceptors since 2010. At a cost of $15.5 million per interceptor, thi ...
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Iran Vows Decisive Response to Any Hostile Act: Army Chief
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Iran Vows Decisive Response to Any Hostile Act: Army Chief

Sunday 8 February 2026 ،
12-day war forced the enemy to seek a ceasefire. He warned adversaries “not to make a new mistake,” asserting that the Air Force is now at a high level of readiness and would play a major role in any response. The commander described the ongoing US military presence in the region as not ...
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Khoramshahr-4, Iranian Missile that’s Changed Trump’s Game
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Khoramshahr-4, Iranian Missile that’s Changed Trump’s Game

Monday 9 February 2026 ،
12-day war in June, Iran emerged from the intense conflict with a large portion of its arsenal intact. More critically, Iran learned how to better penetrate Israeli and American missile defenses as the fighting continued. The outlet had previously reported that Tehran still retains roughly 2,000 me ...
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Israel a Destructive Factor in Iran-US Diplomacy
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Israel a Destructive Factor in Iran-US Diplomacy

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
12-day conflict showed that Israeli officials were able to easily convince the Trump administration to take action against Iran’s nuclear and military facilities. Now, the Netanyahu government, given the hardline stance of some Washington policymakers toward the Islamic Republic and the US mil ...
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Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?
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Will Military Buildup Give the US What it Wants from Iran?

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
12-day war in June and the expansion of hostilities, Iran gained additional experience in penetrating and bypassing Israeli and US air defense systems. Why cannot military action yield a result? If we summarize the foreign analyses about futile of a military action, we can consider a few points: ...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution: Nearly Half a Century of Independence and Progress
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution: Nearly Half a Century of Independence and Progress

Wednesday 11 February 2026 ،
12-day war imposed on Iran by the US and the Israeli regime marked a turning point in this conflict. This direct engagement served as a critical test of the Islamic Republic’s sincerity in adhering to its ideals. The outcome was the failure of its enemies to achieve their objectives or impose ...
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Hezbollah Leader Says Iran Has Consistently Backed Palestine and Oppressed People Worldwide
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Hezbollah Leader Says Iran Has Consistently Backed Palestine and Oppressed People Worldwide

Sunday 15 February 2026 ،
12-day war” against Israel and US aggression. The Hezbollah chief further praised the sacrifices of Iran’s military forces and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), while highlighting the steadfast leadership of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as central to the country’s endur ...

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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.