Persepolis

8. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially the arts)
9. not pertaining to or connected with religion
10. (among the Shi'ites) a title in the religious hierarchy achieved by scholars who have demonstrated highly advanced knowledge of Islamic law and religion
13. frivolous acts or things (characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense)
15. an urn with a spigot at its based used especially in Russia to boil water for tea
16. d'etat/A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
17. a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession
19. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious systems founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran

1. the study of divine things or religious truths; divinity
2. assumption of human form or nature
3. a form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the god's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities
4. (in the Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law
5. being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural
6. to sentence to punishment; to pronounce to be guilty
7. recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buyout
11. the class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class
12. Materialism/The Marxian interpretation of reality that views matter as the sole subject of change as the product of constant conflict between opposites arising from the internal contradictions inherent in all events, ideas, and movements
14. a large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran
18. the title for a Muslim religious leader or chief
20. (formerly in Iran) king