Yemen

Which country has the mysterious air base in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait?

Which country has the mysterious air base in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait?

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - The Associated Press has published a report on a "mysterious air base" that the news agency claims is being built on a volcanic island near Yemen.The report emphasizes that the construction site of this air base has been selected in one of the most important offshore parts of the world in terms of energy transportation and commercial cargo. Euronews also reported, citing the Associated Press, that no country has officially claimed responsibility for the construction of the mysterious air base on Perim Island (also called Mayyun in Arabic) in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but maritime…
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The change in Al-Saud’s tone towards Iran

The change in Al-Saud’s tone towards Iran

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - Recently, some media outlets, citing Iraqi sources, reported on the talks between Iran and Al-Saud in Baghdad, which it seems that the Al-Kazemi government was seeking to exploit it politically and create a special position for itself in this regard. However; Although both Tehran and Riyadh have denied the news, the frequency of the news could raise suspicions of some kind of dialogue, especially since we have recently seen a change in the tone of Saudi officials on Iran, as the Saudi Crown Prince called for the two countries to prevail in a televised interview.…
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The role of banks in the Yemen bombings

The role of banks in the Yemen bombings

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - An investigation published by the Delas Center for Peace Studies revealed that several European banks financed the Saudi and coalition bombings of Yemen. The report is called "Financing the weapons of the Yemen war" and analyzes the period from 2015 to 2019 in which it accounts for the presence of financial capital from banking entities such as BBVA, Santander, the French Bank BNP Paribas, among others. It should be noted that these banks were not sanctioned for financial support to the bombing against Yemen despite demonstrating the violation of international law, but in contrast in…
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Iranian Islamic Revolution’s Dialogue

Iranian Islamic Revolution’s Dialogue

Interviewer: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - In the time that Iran is going to start a new century based on its calendar, and also Iranian Islamic Revolution is in its fifth decade of victory, we aimed to analyse the past, present, and the future of Iranian Islamic Revolution through dialogue with contemporary historians, thinkers, philosophers and politicians. In this series, our first interview is with Doctor Abbas Salimi Namin, a contemporary Iranian Historian and Intellectual. Below you can find the complete text of dialogue with Dr. Salimi Namin: First question that I have is, as a thinker who studies especially in…
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The US has trapped Saudi Arabia in the quagmire of the Yemeni War

The US has trapped Saudi Arabia in the quagmire of the Yemeni War

PEJOURNAL - On the first day of the Persian New Year 1400 AH, which has been named the year of “Production: Support and Removing Barriers,” Grand Ayatullah Khamenei - the Leader of the Islamic Revolution - delivered his annual speech in a live broadcast this evening. Grand Ayatullah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said that after the passage of 6 years, Saudi Arabia has not yet been able to force the Yemenis to surrender. He said that the US has trapped the Saudis in the quagmire of the Yemeni War. Addressing the Iranian nation in his New Year…
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The Yemeni resistance and the defeat of Saudi ignorant policies

The Yemeni resistance and the defeat of Saudi ignorant policies

PEJOURNAL - Saudi Arabia's regional policy has been one of the main reasons for the escalation of tensions in West and Southwest Asia for at least the past decade. These policies, which intensified after the death of King Abdullah, with King Salman ascending the throne in January 2015 and aligning with the Emirati Mohammed bin Zayed, although they continue to this day, do not meet any of the pre-determined goals. The main goal of these policies, which from the beginning was based on the three pillars of "primitiveness", "ignorance" and "oil dollars", was to achieve the US gendarmerie position in…
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The evolution of Ansarullah’s military-weapons capability

The evolution of Ansarullah’s military-weapons capability

PEJOURNAL - Ansarullah's (Yemen's Houthi movement) successful offensive-defensive operations over the past year have owed a remarkable shift in its military capabilities. The present article examines the evolution of Ansarullah's military-weapons capability and its impact on changing the balance of war. Carrying weapons by the Yemeni people and tribes has long been an accepted tradition. Yemen is said to have more than three times the population of weapons. This has intensified in recent years due to the critical situation in Yemen, and even Yemeni children are able to carry and use weapons without any restrictions. As one of Yemen's frontier…
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Reviving Turkey’s role in Yemen; Its advantages and risks

Reviving Turkey’s role in Yemen; Its advantages and risks

PEJOURNAL - Turkey's neo-Ottoman foreign policy in West Asia in recent years has made the country one of the most important and interfering players in regional changes. Although in these interventions, the pragmatism of this country has been preferred to the ideological dimension of foreign policy as in the past, but behind such an approach, supporting the currents close to the Muslim Brotherhood and the alliance with Qatar in the region has been very important. And for this reason, the type of convergences and divergences of this country in West Asia is largely influenced by Brotherhood tendencies. The kind of…
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New round of Ansarullah deterrence operations

New round of Ansarullah deterrence operations

PEJOURNAL - Strategic think tank of explanation - The Yemeni army and popular committees in early June 2020, after a period of restraint, warning and threatening to carry out heavy and painful deterrence operations against the nine governing and non-economic goals finally, due to the continuing aggression and siege, using a significant mass of Samad 3 Offensive UAV, ballistic and cruise missiles of zulfiqar and Quds, crushed each other Saudi military and sovereign symbols in what became known as Operation Fourth Deterrence. In this article, while briefly reviewing Ansarullah's deterrence operations, the difference between the fourth deterrence operation and the…
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Iran Has Supplied Yemen with Defense Know-How

Iran Has Supplied Yemen with Defense Know-How

PEJOURNAL - A senior spokesman for the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the Islamic Republic has provided Yemenis with the experience and know-how in the defense sector. Speaking at a televised program on Tuesday, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi dismissed the claims that Iran has supplied missiles to Yemen. “We provided them (Yemenis) with the experiences in technology in the defense sphere, as they have learned how to produce missiles, drones and weapons in Yemen by themselves,” he underlined.“We have shared our experience and knowledge with the people of Yemen,” the general added. Unlike what the enemy is…
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