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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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US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure

US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure

Friday 16 August 2019
Gibraltar after the Supreme Court in the British territory ruled Thursday that Grace 1 seized for the past six weeks is free to sail, despite a last-minute bid by Washington to seize the vessel. Alwaght- The US has threatened to impose a visa ban on the crew of an Iranian supertanker detained in Gib ...
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Iran Foreign Minister in Finland at First Leg of Scandinavian Tour

Iran Foreign Minister in Finland at First Leg of Scandinavian Tour

Monday 19 August 2019 ،
Gibraltar, alleging that it was violating unilateral European Union (EU) sanctions by carrying crude for Syria. While Iran denied that the ship was bound for Syria, it condemned the seizure. Tehran later impounded a British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz for failing to stop after hitting an I ...
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Iranian Tanker Sails Towards Mediterranean despite  US Sanctions

Iranian Tanker Sails Towards Mediterranean despite US Sanctions

Tuesday 20 August 2019 ،
Gibraltar court. The Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, headed east into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday hours after authorities in Gibraltar rejected a request from Washington to hold the ship. On July 13, the British navy seized the Iranian tanker upon its passage from the Strait ...
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Iran Frees 7 Crew Members of Seized British Oil tanker

Iran Frees 7 Crew Members of Seized British Oil tanker

Wednesday 4 September 2019 ،
Gibraltar illegally seized an Iranian oil tanker. That ship was later released.  
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IRGC’s "Two-for-One" Response to Greece Oil Tanker Piracy

IRGC’s "Two-for-One" Response to Greece Oil Tanker Piracy

Sunday 29 May 2022 ،
Gibraltar, Iranian authorities called on the British government to release its Grace 1 oil tanker. But London rejected, giving Iran a reason to resort to punitive measures. On July 14, Iran seized British Stena Impero tanker while passing the Strait of Hormuz for violation of the international navig ...
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Unending Setbacks: British Crisis Cycle Resurfaces Stronger with Truss Collapse

Unending Setbacks: British Crisis Cycle Resurfaces Stronger with Truss Collapse

Sunday 23 October 2022 ،
Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. However, the dream of independence and replacing the monarch with a president is brewing in some of these countries. As part of the continuation of anti-monarchy approach of the Commonwealth states, on Wednesday, Quebec lawmakers who ...
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What’s behind Iranian President’s African Tour ?

What’s behind Iranian President’s African Tour ?

Thursday 13 July 2023 ،
Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, and Cape of Good Hope give special importance to this continent.  The colonization of the continent and plunder of its resources by the great colonial powers in the past centuries is a sign of importance of Africa. Even now, Africa is one of the areas of encounter of ...
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Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara

Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara

Saturday 22 July 2023 ،
Gibraltar, a subsidiary of the Israeli oil company Ratio Petroleum, to search for oil and gas off the coast of Dakhla, a city in Western Sahara. The budding business partnership grew from there. In December last year, NewMed Energy entered into a business deal with ONHYM and Gibraltar-bas ...
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Court Papers Confirm US Theft of One Million Barrels of Iranian Crude

Court Papers Confirm US Theft of One Million Barrels of Iranian Crude

Saturday 9 September 2023 ،
Gibraltar.  A few days after the seizure of the M/T Suez Rajan, Iran’s Navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Sea of Oman, which was carrying Kuwaiti oil for the second-largest energy company in the US. The oil tanker, named Advantage Sweet, had been involved in a mari ...
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Axios reported that despite investing billions of dollars, America has been unsuccessful in halting Yemeni attacks

Axios reported that despite investing billions of dollars, America has been unsuccessful in halting Yemeni attacks

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
Gibraltar. The US Defense Intelligence Agency report highlighted a 90% decrease in container shipping rates through the Red Sea since mid-February. It emphasized that alternative maritime routes around Africa, spanning nearly 11,000 nautical miles (around 20,000 kilometers), incur an additional one ...

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