theocracy

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But I also don’t think it’s going to be a theocracy anymore.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Perhaps no less important, this compendium captures both the end of the Pahlavi monarchy and the start of the theocracy that still governs Iran, granting viewers an often telling glimpse of Persian society in flux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

They’re poignant reminders of a time in L.A.’s Westwood “Tehrangeles” neighborhood when, in the years just after the 1979 Iranian revolution, immigrants here made music while their homeland roiled with ascendant theocracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Intersected at its peak by a thin crescent — most likely a representation of the Golden Order, the dark fantasy world’s ruling theocracy — it feels bluntly referential to saints and prophets and resurrections.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

Hildebrand would have been the martyr of theocracy, if circumstances had called for it; and they were little short of it.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois