iron fist

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“Iran brought down the iron fist with speed and ferocity we haven’t seen before,” said Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

"We need someone who shows an iron fist," Jacqueline Ruz, a 56-year-old Kast supporter, told AFP at his final rally this week in Santiago.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

He painted Tesla, a company he famously rules with nearly an iron fist, as an egalitarian workplace with "no lords and peasants," because there's no "special elevator only for senior executives."

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

Sheikh Hasina was elected prime minister in 2009 and ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

Rondon was a strict disciplinarian, ruling his men with an iron fist.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple