cleric
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Iran's government since 1979 has been explicitly rooted in religion, with a top Shia cleric serving as supreme leader.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"The occupier, under the pretext of security and for its own interests, has closed the mosque," cleric Ayman Abu Najm, who had come from Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in east Jerusalem, said.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
He has for decades operated in the shadows, without appearing in the media or releasing Islamic sermons to the public, despite his purported status as a learned cleric.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
His comments came amid reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, a hard-line cleric and son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would likely be the country’s next supreme leader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
The school’s instructors were priests from the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, an order dedicated to a seventeenth-century French cleric known for his sunniness and kindness who is sometimes called the “gentleman saint.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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