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Khomeinism and Peronism
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, AU, SC. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Velayat-e faqih | Justicialism | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −03 | −05 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +10 | +03 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +09 | +06 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +08 | +06 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +09 | +04 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +07 | +01 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Velayat-e faqih · CU +10
At the ceiling: compulsory dress, gender segregation and clerical authority over personal law.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2022–23 protests followed a death in morality police custody and were met with mass arrests and executions.
Justicialism · CU +03
Coded mildly traditional: women's suffrage and social rights alongside a Catholic corporatist frame.
- Documented act or statuteWomen received the vote in 1947 and a women's branch of the party was created.
- Documented act or statuteDivorce was legalised in 1954 during the conflict with the church and repealed after the 1955 coup.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Khomeinism
1979– · Iran
Guardianship of the jurist: sovereignty belongs to God and is exercised by a supreme clerical authority over an elected government.
Peronism
1946– · Argentina
Social justice, economic independence and political sovereignty, delivered by a leader speaking directly for the shirtless masses.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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