I was really talking about the politics, not the structure -- less about how the government is composed, and more about how the political factions are actually pretty similar. So the intended cognate was more the way that (for instance), the Traditional Republicans and Tea Partiers can just barely stand each other (if at all) in the US. (Or, on the other side, the Congressional Democrats and the Progressives.)
As for the structure, I think it's actually pretty similar to the US in terms of overall complexity, especially if you think of the religious side as being the cognate to the American Supreme Court. That bit's a bit more complex, the parliament is a bit less, but the overall structure seems intended to provide a similar level of depth and balance as the American Constitution. (The biggest difference being that the Supreme Leader of Iran is more powerful than anybody in the American system -- the checks and balances are conspicuously just a hair weaker there, almost certainly by intent.)
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Date: 2010-10-01 04:48 pm (UTC)As for the structure, I think it's actually pretty similar to the US in terms of overall complexity, especially if you think of the religious side as being the cognate to the American Supreme Court. That bit's a bit more complex, the parliament is a bit less, but the overall structure seems intended to provide a similar level of depth and balance as the American Constitution. (The biggest difference being that the Supreme Leader of Iran is more powerful than anybody in the American system -- the checks and balances are conspicuously just a hair weaker there, almost certainly by intent.)