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The debate centers on an Iranian institution called the velayet-e faqih, or guardianship of a leading jurist, which for the past 30 years has allowed a Shi'ite Muslim cleric to have the final say on all Iranian foreign and domestic policies.
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But over the past three decades, the velayet-e faqih, or rule of the jurist, has steadily become more authoritative about all functions of state, the judiciary and the military -- and more authoritarian.
Robin Wright: The Supreme Leader's Gamble: Iran's Crisis Deepens 2009
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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"Death to opponents of velayet faqih," a reference to Iran's theocratic political system.
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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Though he was an early supporter of Hezbollah (often mistakenly identified as "the spiritual guide of Hezbollah"), and justified the use of suicide bombings as legitimate resistance to occupation in Lebanon, Palestine, and elsewhere, he later criticized the group for its close relationship with Iran, and distanced himself from Ayatollah Khomeini's system of velayet-e faqih (rule of the clerics.)
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