A new documentary from Petra Costa on Netflix explores Brazil’s political and spiritual turmoil, underscoring the fragility ...

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There are many examples in the world today of governments that are referred to as theocracies. By definition, a theocracy is ...

A top Shia cleric in Iran issued a fatwa against anyone who threatens the supreme leader, but it poses far more danger to ...

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As postbellum realities now simmer in Iran, the theocracy is left explaining the inexplicable to its humiliated military and shocked but soon-to-be-furious populace.

So ends the creepy mystique of the supposedly indomitable terror state of Iran, the bane of the last seven American ...

Exploring the decline of the Iranian theocracy and its implications for the Middle East.

The war may be over in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin. The Associated Press' Jon Gambrell explains.

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

Early settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony were not interested in religious freedom. They created a theocracy—a society led and bound by the rules of one religious sect.

India’s Troubling Tilt Towards Theocracy . India has been blessed with the rarest of rare gifts.