theocracy
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But there are more pressing priorities for Iran's theocracy in this moment.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The elimination of so many Iranian VIPs since last June’s 12-day war has diminished the theocracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Iran’s government is an explicit theocracy with the ayatollah, the supreme leader, maintaining both a religious and political role.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
In Westwood — the epicenter of the community, where the eponymous boulevard is lined by storefronts covered in Persian script — the widespread opposition to Iran’s hard-line theocracy is hard to miss.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
Thus was founded, on Christmas day 1100, the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; and thus was the possibility of a theocracy finally annihilated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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