If Israel’s democracy is made extinct and replaced with a theocracy, there’s a substantial price to pay for that.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/28/israel-aflame/

It also suggests that Iran's theocracy now feels secure enough to admit the scale of the unrest.

Source: https://www.aol.com/news/iranian-regime-directly-involved-poisoning-060056518.html

On social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, he said: "Zimbabwe doesn't need a theocracy run by Christians because we have Muslims, Hindus, traditional religion folk, and even atheists who are Zimbabweans."

Source: https://www.news24.com/news24/Africa/News/zim-elections-ccc-vows-to-run-country-on-christian-values-20230810

Opponents of the Shiite theocracy, which has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that ousted the shah, have long been known for bashing each other as much as the ayatollahs.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/02/no-infighting-iran-opposition-seeks-elusive-unity-unseat-regime

The two Gulf countries are historic rivals due to differing interpretations of the Quran and have been especially at loggerheads after Iran’s 1979 revolution ushered in a Shia Muslim theocracy.

Source: https://time.com/6262985/china-saudi-arabia-iran-ukraine-peace-talks/

While mass demonstrations have cooled in recent weeks, nightly chants against Iran’s theocracy can still be heard in some neighborhoods of Iran’s capital, Tehran.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2581332/iran-says-22000-arrested-in-protests-pardoned-by-top-leader.html