: an educated Muslim trained in religious law and doctrine and usually holding an official post
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The film follows a conservative judge (his job is signing government death warrants) who is forced to choose between supporting the ruling mullahs and his own family, including two teenage daughters, who get caught up in Woman, Life, Freedom protests.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The terrorist group’s benefactors in places like Qatar are paring back their tacit support for it and, by extension, the mullahs in Tehran.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
The mullahs who ruled in Iran took over during Carter-Mondale.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
Instead, the policies have only encouraged more malign and destabilizing actions from the mullahs who actually run the country with an iron fist.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Sep. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The terrorist group’s benefactors in places like Qatar are paring back their tacit support for it and, by extension, the mullahs in Tehran.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
The mullahs who ruled in Iran took over during Carter-Mondale.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
Instead, the policies have only encouraged more malign and destabilizing actions from the mullahs who actually run the country with an iron fist.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Mullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullah. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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