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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 Inaugurates New Space Centre, Successfully Tests Satellite Carrier

Iran Inaugurates New Space Centre, Successfully Tests Satellite Carrier

Thursday 27 July 2017
Simorgh. Alwaght-Iran inaugurated a national space center on Thursday followed by a successful test-launch of an indigenous satellite carrier dubbed Simorgh. The center, home to Iran’s first fixed launch platform, administrates the development, launch, and navigation of Iranian satellite carr ...
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Iran Rejects West’s Fuss about Tehran’s Satellite-Launch Rocket Test

Iran Rejects West’s Fuss about Tehran’s Satellite-Launch Rocket Test

Saturday 29 July 2017 ،
Simorgh carrier, whose mission is to put Iranian satellites into the orbit. A view of the Imam Khomeini Space Center in the central Iranian province of Semnan on July 27, 2017 (Photo by Fars news agency)   Simorgh satellite carrier is able to put satellites weighing as much as 250 ...
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How is West Struggling to Block Iran’s Space Advances?

How is West Struggling to Block Iran’s Space Advances?

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Simorgh, one of two Iranian satellite-launching rockets. “Could they take that space-launch vehicle and start working that toward an ICBM capability? They could, but that is many years out”, Quartz.com website reported. Experts say Simorgh (Phoenix) is half the US satellite carrier Falc ...
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Iran Among World’s Top Five Producers of Anti-Armor Missiles

Iran Among World’s Top Five Producers of Anti-Armor Missiles

Tuesday 4 February 2020 ،
Simorgh carrier 530 kilometers (329 miles) above the Earth, where it will make 15 orbits daily, said Berari.  
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American Company Acquires Screening Rights to Iranian Drama ’When the Moon Was Full’

American Company Acquires Screening Rights to Iranian Drama ’When the Moon Was Full’

Sunday 21 June 2020 ،
Simorgh awards for best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best supporting actress and best makeup at Iran's 37th Fajr International Film Festival in 2019.   With respect to international recognition, the Iranian drama received the grand prize at the 2nd edition of the Ca ...
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Iran Makes Research Satellite Carrier Launch

Iran Makes Research Satellite Carrier Launch

Thursday 30 December 2021 ،
Simorgh (Phoenix) in a major development. In 2020, it unveiled Sarir and plans a new one, Sorush, for 2024. The progress in the space program comes amid strict Western sanctions on technology transfer to the Islamic Republic.  
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Iran’s Petrochemical Sector Gets $2.5 Billion Foreign Investment Offer

Iran’s Petrochemical Sector Gets $2.5 Billion Foreign Investment Offer

Monday 24 April 2023 ،
Simorgh Petrochemical Co. and four subsidiaries of previously sanctioned Marun Petrochemical Co. “Iran is increasingly turning to buyers in East Asia to sell its petrochemical and petroleum products, in violation of US sanctions,” Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financ ...
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Iran Celebrates New Space Breakthroughs with Suraya and Mahda Satellites

Iran Celebrates New Space Breakthroughs with Suraya and Mahda Satellites

Monday 29 January 2024 ،
Simorgh satellite carrier successfully injected into space a new satellite, Mahda, and two other small satellites into 450-km orbit. This is the first time Iran has launched three domestic satellites simultaneously using a single carrier.  Mahda is a lightweight 32-kg satellite developed by th ...
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Iran’s Military Product and Service Exports Have Tripled

Iran’s Military Product and Service Exports Have Tripled

Monday 22 July 2024 ،
Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier, placing three satellites into orbit simultaneously, the launch of the “Zoljanah” research satellite carrier, and the launch of the Saman orbital transmission system with a sub-orbital space probe. Additionally, the design and manufacturing of Khorrams ...
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Iran successfully places the domestically-built Chamran 1 research satellite into orbit

Iran successfully places the domestically-built Chamran 1 research satellite into orbit

Saturday 14 September 2024 ،
Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite launch vehicle (SLV). Weighing 32 kilograms, Mahda's main objective is to test satellite subsystems, verify the performance of the Simorgh SLV in deploying space cargo, and assess new designs and the reliability of indigenous technologies in space. In a previous mis ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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