| Assuredly, by foretelling the destruction of a Temple a preacher could invite backlash for the implied criticism of its hierocracy. |
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| In addition, there is the influence exercised over Lebanon by the hierocracy in Teheran, including Hizbollah. |
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| These people promoted the Temple-centered sacrificial hierocracy, legitimated by the Persian authority, with high priests appointed by the Persian authorities. |
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| Is there nothing being done by the hierocracy in Iran that can make us take seriously our own much trumpeted values of democracy and human rights and, let it be said, act in accordance with them? |
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| The hierocracy now running the government was suddenly pre-occupied with a brand new set of problems for which they had had precious little preparation. |
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| Today, we are also able, together with Commissioner Patten, to be delighted that the hierocracy in Iran is to allow comprehensive inspections and to refrain from producing uranium for use in nuclear weapons. |
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| During the revolutionary process, it was the Shia hierocracy which was most instrumental in inciting, organizing and directing the masses in anti-shah demonstrations. |
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| Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, would embrace this policy in his efforts to mend governmental relations with the hierocracy. |
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