: a Muslim and especially a religious scholar or cleric who has studied Islamic law and doctrine
—often used as an honorific title
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Arab autocrats, Iran’s mullahs, and Putin cracked down viciously.
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
At that time, millions of Iraqis joined the protests and demanded the downfall of a corrupt political system midwifed by Beltway hawks and neoconservative ideologues, which has ended up beholden to the mullahs of Iran.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
This conduct is the stuff of Stalin, of the Iranian mullahs, of Mussolini and, yes, of Hitler in the early to mid 1930s.
—Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Further abroad, Israel’s air force pummeled Iran’s nuclear program and the mullahs’ ballistic missile capability.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
At that time, millions of Iraqis joined the protests and demanded the downfall of a corrupt political system midwifed by Beltway hawks and neoconservative ideologues, which has ended up beholden to the mullahs of Iran.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
This conduct is the stuff of Stalin, of the Iranian mullahs, of Mussolini and, yes, of Hitler in the early to mid 1930s.
—Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Further abroad, Israel’s air force pummeled Iran’s nuclear program and the mullahs’ ballistic missile capability.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Mullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullah. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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