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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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EU Blacklists Saudi Arabia for Lax Control on Terror Financing

EU Blacklists Saudi Arabia for Lax Control on Terror Financing

Saturday 26 January 2019
FATF), a Paris-based anti money-laundering watchdog.   The move comes amid heightened international pressure on Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate on Oct. 2. The EU claims that the countries blacklisted have strateg ...
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EU Rebuffs US’ Call for Leaving Iran Deal

EU Rebuffs US’ Call for Leaving Iran Deal

Saturday 16 February 2019 ،
FATF Action Plan, to regional crises, including in Syria, in Yemen and Afghanistan. Out of four parliamentary bills required for Iran’s accession to the global anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), only two of them have so far gone into effect and the fate of the ...
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Iran Leader Advised Govt. Not to Waste Time with Europe

Iran Leader Advised Govt. Not to Waste Time with Europe

Monday 4 March 2019 ،
FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) and start negotiations on its missile program before INSTEX enters into force. In the meeting, the Leader hit out at European “malevolence” for dragging their feet on the payment channel until November, when the first round of US sanctions targetin ...
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Diplomat Slams Shameful Remarks of Dubowitz about Coronavirus in Iran

Diplomat Slams Shameful Remarks of Dubowitz about Coronavirus in Iran

Wednesday 26 February 2020 ،
FATF) decided on Friday to place Iran on its blacklist, making it more difficult for Iranian banks to settle payments with foreign counterparts. Fallah said the FATF decision had caused more problems for the Iranian health sector as the country struggles to contain a coronavirus that has caused dea ...
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Abdullah Abdullah’s Concerns, Expectations Regarding Talks with Islamabad Officials

Abdullah Abdullah’s Concerns, Expectations Regarding Talks with Islamabad Officials

Tuesday 29 September 2020 ،
FATF) in the past year. Such factors have led Pakistan to consider pushing the Taliban to the negotiating table. However, Pakistan's expectations from the peace talks are not consistent with two main issues. The first being the hasty exit of the United States from Afghanistan. July 2021 timetab ...
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Dubai, Switzerland, London: How UAE Became Smuggling Hub for ’Blood Gold’

Dubai, Switzerland, London: How UAE Became Smuggling Hub for ’Blood Gold’

Monday 28 December 2020 ،
FATF), the world's standards settings body for anti-money laundering rules, for inadequate oversight of the sector in an evaluation report published in April. A report by the UK's Home Office and Treasury earlier in December also named the UAE as a jurisdiction vulnerable to money launderin ...
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US Inadvertently Created Iran-China-Russia Axis: Thin Tank

US Inadvertently Created Iran-China-Russia Axis: Thin Tank

Wednesday 30 June 2021 ،
FATF) and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to squeeze countries. According to Platts, Indian, Spanish and Italian refiners are looking for the Biden administration's easing of sanctions on Venezuela and Iran to resume crude shipments.   A new report ...
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FATF Adds UAE to Global Money-Laundering ‘Grey List’

FATF Adds UAE to Global Money-Laundering ‘Grey List’

Sunday 6 March 2022 ،
FATF) included on Friday the United Arab Emirates on nation on its “grey list” of countries that need extra monitoring. Alwaght- The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) included on Friday the United Arab Emirates on nation on its “grey list” of countries that need extra monitoring. The s ...
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Will Stability Return to Lebanon Economy with Long-Serving Governor Departure?

Will Stability Return to Lebanon Economy with Long-Serving Governor Departure?

Wednesday 2 August 2023 ،
FATF) in 2001 and the country formed an independent commission for countering money laundering.  However, in the last two terms of Salameh's post, the signs of the failure of the central bank's monetary policies and their negative impact on the economic situation were clearly visible. ...
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Rivals Confront Each Other in One-on-One Debate Before Iran Presidential Runoff

Rivals Confront Each Other in One-on-One Debate Before Iran Presidential Runoff

Tuesday 2 July 2024 ،
FATF, and negotiations regarding the removal of sanctions. The second debate is scheduled for Tuesday evening. This countrywide election is being held a year earlier than planned due to the passing of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in May. On May 19, a helicopter carrying President Raisi and his ...

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