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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 Presidential Race Intensifies with Televised Debates

Iran Presidential Race Intensifies with Televised Debates

Monday 24 June 2024
Constitutional Council from 80 applicants seeking the presidency. They are Saeed Jalili, Alireza Zakani, Amir Hossein Qazizadeh Hashemi, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Masoud Pezeshkian. In remarks on June 22, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei advis ...
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Arrangements Completed for Iranians Voting Overseas

Arrangements Completed for Iranians Voting Overseas

Thursday 27 June 2024 ،
Constitutional Council. Vahidi added that over 61 million people are eligible to vote in the elections on Friday. Iran will hold a nationwide presidential election on June 28, a year earlier than planned, due to the demise of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19. In a statement ...
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Leader praises nation for high turnout, congratulates Pezeshkian

Leader praises nation for high turnout, congratulates Pezeshkian

Saturday 6 July 2024 ،
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has praised the Iranian people for their participation in the Friday presidential election ALWAGHT- Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has praised the Iranian people for their participation in the Friday p ...
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Ayatollah Khamenei Urges Robust International Measures Against Israeli Atrocities

Ayatollah Khamenei Urges Robust International Measures Against Israeli Atrocities

Sunday 28 July 2024 ،
Constitution. Following the endorsement, the Leader praised the fourteenth presidential election as a major victory for the Iranian nation during a crucial test. “Despite the public sorrow following our martyred president’s death, the 14th presidential election was commendable for bein ...
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Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Maduro’s Re-election Maintains anti-American Atmosphere in Venezuela

Tuesday 30 July 2024 ،
Maduro wins third term as president, signaling that the country remains in anti-imperialist camp, despite Western-backed protests. Alwaght- Venezuelans on Sunday that coincided with the 70th birthday of the late President Hugo Chavez in the most decisive presidential election in the 25 years of the ...
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Where’s Bangladesh Heading after Popular Uprising?

Where’s Bangladesh Heading after Popular Uprising?

Monday 12 August 2024 ،
Bangladesh has an opportunity to rebuild its democracy, but it needs to get back on the track politically first. Alwaght- Less than six months after Bangladesh parliamentary elections and assumption of power by Sheikh Hasina from the ruling Awami League, a street uprising all of a sudden overthrew t ...
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Securing the governor post in Kirkuk is seen a big blow to the Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led t ...
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Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees

Parliament grants its vote of confidence to all of President Pezeshkian’s ministerial nominees

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Constitutional Council from a pool of 80 presidential hopefuls. He secured the most votes in the first round of the presidential election on June 28 and went head-to-head with runner-up Saeed Jalili in the July 5 runoff. The physician-turned-politician from Tabriz, in northern Iran, and former hea ...
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Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Turkey wants to resume ties with Syria, but it does not want to make any concessions. Alwaght- Over the past few days, in an important and rare development, a crossing between areas held by the Turkish-backed terrorist militias in northwestern Syria and the areas held by the central Syrian governmen ...
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Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Pro-Western Parties’ Loss in Election Shows Georgians Learned Lessons from Ukraine

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Anti-Western parties won general elections in Georgia, a victory allowing Tbilisi to move away from becoming a rivalry ground between Russia and West. Alwaght- With the start of the war in Ukraine that has left massive impacts on the world's geopolitical issues, the Caucasus region has begun to ...

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