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The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warned, however, that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran and the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive Tehran government in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Advertisement President of Iran Ali Khamenei, center, sits amongst clergymen in Jamaran mosque during an audience with Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, March 1982.
—Karl Vick, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
The pompous clergyman enters the life of the Bennet family, his distant cousins, with the assumption that, given his respectable position and benefactor, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, one of those daughters would be happy to marry him.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warned, however, that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran and the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive Tehran government in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Advertisement President of Iran Ali Khamenei, center, sits amongst clergymen in Jamaran mosque during an audience with Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, March 1982.
—Karl Vick, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
The pompous clergyman enters the life of the Bennet family, his distant cousins, with the assumption that, given his respectable position and benefactor, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, one of those daughters would be happy to marry him.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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