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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’s FM in Pakistan to Discuss Abducted Border Guards, Cooperation
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Iran’s FM in Pakistan to Discuss Abducted Border Guards, Cooperation

Wednesday 31 October 2018
Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad earlier today to discuss with the Pakistani officials abducted Iranian border guards as well as the bilateral cooperation. Upon his arrival in the neighboring country, Zarif met his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the ...
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Terrorist Attack in Iran’s Chabahar Leaves Two Dead
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Terrorist Attack in Iran’s Chabahar Leaves Two Dead

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
Mohammad Pakpour has said full security prevails in Chabahar despite the terrorist attack. He also dismissed reports that the police commander of Chabahar is among those killed in the attack, saying the suicide vehicle did not enter the premises of the headquarters. He voiced regret that a number ...
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IRGC Holds Major Drills, Debuts ‘Offensive’ Component
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IRGC Holds Major Drills, Debuts ‘Offensive’ Component

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
Mohammad Ali Jafari saying we hope the enemies have more than ever grasped the power of our response. This was a response to allegations made by the enemies who should know that the defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are deterrent, and as the Eminent Leader [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali K ...
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UNSC condemns Terror Attack on Iranian Forces as ‘Heinous, Cowardly’
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UNSC condemns Terror Attack on Iranian Forces as ‘Heinous, Cowardly’

Friday 15 February 2019 ،
Mohammad Javad Zarif said it was not coincidental that terrorists attacked on the same day that the anti-Iran summit organized by the United States kicked off in Poland. The Jaish ul-Adl is said to be a Saudi-backed terrorist group operating against Iran in Sistan and Baluchestan province along the ...
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Freed Iran Border Guards Arrive Home after Captivity in Pakistan
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Freed Iran Border Guards Arrive Home after Captivity in Pakistan

Saturday 23 March 2019 ،
Mohammad Pakpour personally welcomed the soldiers as they touched down in the Iranian capital on Friday. Video footage from the event showed the soldiers stepping off an Antonov 74 transport aircraft as Pakpour greeted them. Twelve Iranian border guards were kidnapped on October 16 by the so-calle ...
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IRGC Ground Force Kicks off Large-Scale Military Drill Near Azerbaijan Border
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IRGC Ground Force Kicks off Large-Scale Military Drill Near Azerbaijan Border

Monday 17 October 2022 ،
Mohammad Pakpour, the large-scale war game is aimed at carrying out operations based on an annual routine in order to boost its combat preparedness. The commander said that heliborne parachute operations, night raid operations, helicopter combat operations, and suicide drone operations are to ...
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IRGC Officer, three Basij Members Killed in Clashes with Terrorists in Southeast Iran
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IRGC Officer, three Basij Members Killed in Clashes with Terrorists in Southeast Iran

Monday 19 December 2022 ،
Mohammad Gouradzi and three Basij members, identified as Rahim Bakhshparaki, Hamidreza Abedi and Mahmoud Nikkhaah, lost their lives when IRGC forces engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with counterrevolutionary elements in the Saravan region of the province. The statement added that the terrorists ...
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General: IRGC Safeguarding Iranian Borders
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General: IRGC Safeguarding Iranian Borders

Monday 22 July 2024 ،
Mohammad Pakpour stated that the IRGC is committed to stabilizing sustainable and multifaceted security in Iran. Given the global security fluctuations and the significance of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the enemy has plans to create instability in the region, especially at our borders, he added. ...
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Funeral for IRGC General Martyred in Beirut Takes Place in Tehran
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Funeral for IRGC General Martyred in Beirut Takes Place in Tehran

Tuesday 15 October 2024 ،
Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of the IRGC Ground Force. The martyr will be laid to rest after the final funeral service in Isfahan on Thursday, October 17. General Nilforooshan, a senior commander of the IRGC Quds Force and an adviser in Lebanon, was declared martyred in an Israeli attack that struck ...
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IRGC Ground Force Conducts Largest Operational Readiness Drill in Southwest Iran
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IRGC Ground Force Conducts Largest Operational Readiness Drill in Southwest Iran

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
Mohammad Pakpour, the force’s commander, in attendance. This marks the start of the second phase of the Payambar-e-A’zam (The Great Prophet) 19 exercise, following an earlier security-focused drill in Ezgeleh district, Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah Province. This phase aims to imp ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution