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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T10:20:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Even state-affiliated newspapers now expose a widening gap between society and a regime incapable of describing—let alone solving—Iran’s deepening crises There comes a moment in the life cycle of authoritarian systems when repression is no longer sufficient—and rhetoric no longer credible. Iran’s exhausted doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, sustained for decades through religious fundamentalism and systematic […]\n\nThe post When Power Loses Its Language: Iran’s Theocracy at a Dead End appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "When Power Loses Its Language: Iran’s Theocracy at a Dead End"
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