republic

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In a democratic republic the people choose those representatives through elections with broad suffrage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

President since 2024 after an election held following the death of former president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Pezeshkian is seen as belonging to the more moderate wing of politics in the Islamic republic.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in the Islamic republic after the killing of its leaders.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

It served as a military training compound used by the US and Nato, but the facility was later abandoned by the Americans and converted by the Afghan republic government around 2016 into a rehabilitation centre.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Neither the Revolution nor the infant republic could have succeeded without the support of the southern states, so Adams had deferred to the Virginians to assume leadership of the antislavery movement.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis