theocratic
adjective
theo·crat·ic
ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-tik 
variants
or less commonly theocratical
: of, relating to, or being a theocracy
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Domestically, Iran's theocratic government has been facing anger over corruption, its sanctions hit economy and calls for an end to clerical rule.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Iran’s role on the world stage had become increasingly complex under Raisi’s leadership, as the regime navigated long simmering tensions with Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the U.S. along with internal discontent as mass protests erupted against the country’s theocratic regime.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 May 2024
With sensitivities about the succession of 85-year-old Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, who has the ultimate power in the theocratic regime, experts said Raisi's death may precipitate a crisis for the country's leadership.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 20 May 2024
Lawbreakers Become Lawmakers Officials told us that once fringe, sometimes criminal groups of settlers bent on pursuing a theocratic state have been allowed for decades to operate with few restraints.
—Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 16 May 2024
After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the U.S. increased sanctions on Iran’s theocratic government over the American Embassy siege, Tehran’s links to militant attacks, and other issues.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The real source of Dawn’s terror, though, is not familial or theocratic but erotic.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Afterward, the northern Sayyids were scorned as relics of a benighted theocratic era, and many fell into poverty.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
An opposition boycott and widespread disenchantment set the mood, even as the theocratic regime pushed its citizens to come out to the polls.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Iran’s role on the world stage had become increasingly complex under Raisi’s leadership, as the regime navigated long simmering tensions with Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the U.S. along with internal discontent as mass protests erupted against the country’s theocratic regime.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 May 2024
With sensitivities about the succession of 85-year-old Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, who has the ultimate power in the theocratic regime, experts said Raisi's death may precipitate a crisis for the country's leadership.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 20 May 2024
Lawbreakers Become Lawmakers Officials told us that once fringe, sometimes criminal groups of settlers bent on pursuing a theocratic state have been allowed for decades to operate with few restraints.
—Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 16 May 2024
After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the U.S. increased sanctions on Iran’s theocratic government over the American Embassy siege, Tehran’s links to militant attacks, and other issues.
—Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
The real source of Dawn’s terror, though, is not familial or theocratic but erotic.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Afterward, the northern Sayyids were scorned as relics of a benighted theocratic era, and many fell into poverty.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
An opposition boycott and widespread disenchantment set the mood, even as the theocratic regime pushed its citizens to come out to the polls.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
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