His views were shared by many in the clerical leadership.

The clerical leadership announced that "thousands have been massacred by Zionist troops."

Increasingly, too, there is defiance of the social and moral rigidities imposed by the clerical leadership.

He did not mention that such criticism of Iran's clerical leadership is not similarly tolerated.

But the clerical leadership, which outranks the president, strangled most of his initiatives.

In 1231 he began a controversy over property with the clerical leadership of Soissons.

The campaign reflects the broader struggle between a people weary of rigid Islamic fundamentalist rule and a clerical leadership unwilling to yield power.

In many ways the hardest times are still ahead for the clerical leadership of Teheran.

A student spokesman said it was important for student leaders to explain their demands to the country's clerical leadership in person.

This movement faces a formidable opponent in Iran's conservative clerical leadership.