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- noun Plural form of
principlist .
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Examples
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"Obviously Mr. Khamenei has abandoned the role of balancing the so-called principlists and reformists.
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"principlists" they're not committed to any principles and they would use any means to [reach their goals].
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Through defeat of the principlists hard-liners, we must contain the power of the Leader.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Over the last week, there have been a number of debates between reformists and principlists or conservatives on television, on Iranian television.
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And, of course, the principlists, or the conservatives, they, too, are differing factions that have differences among themselves.
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“To follow the path of the Islamic Revolution, support for the principlists conservatives is necessary, inevitable, and a divine duty of all revolutionary groups,” he told officials of the Basij before the parliament vote.166 Jafari noted that conservatives already controlled the executive and legislative branches, and “if the Basij members want to preserve this current and develop it, they must eliminate weak points.”
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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There are many different political parties and factions among the principlists or conservatives and the reformists.
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M.RANDI: Well, one interesting thing is that, with regards to the nuclear program, M. P.s from all the different factions and political parties in parliament, both the different reformists, as well as the different principlists or conservative factions, they all signed a joint statement supporting Iran's position in the negotiations, which is quite significant.
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"They chose people who are close to the principlists, or those who aren't really opposition members."
Spero News 2010
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The statement has also urged all principlists to put aside all preconditions and unanimously back Ahmadinejad.
unknown title 2009
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