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Missions

Your account, then the Intel Room, then a table of people you trust.

I am

Azadeh0 XP

One of the free. It is the Shahnameh's own word for Iranians, and everyone starts here.

100 XP to Ahangar

Inside Iran? Read this first

  • I do not need to know who you are. Do not tell me where you are.
  • I never ask you to see anyone or to go anywhere. Every mission that does is marked outside Iran only, and is taken off this page once you say you are inside.
  • No mission here asks you to report, post, or show your face. There is nothing to prove and no XP to chase.
  • Join the plan here too: a made-up name, an email made just for this, and a VPN. I never ask where you are.
  • From inside, plan with the others here and stay unseen. Making noise in public is the job of the people outside.

Everything that is safe for you, and why

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Enlist

One step, from anywhere: make your account. Your rank and your name stay with everything you send.

  • Create your account5 minutes20 XPTicks itself

    One minute. Your rank and your name stay with what you write.

    Why it matters. A movement is people who can find each other again tomorrow. This is how they find you.

    1. Tap Create your account here, or Sign in at the top of any page.
    2. Pick a name the others will see. It does not have to be your real one.
    3. It ticks itself the moment you are in.
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Scout

Find the post, the video or the report about Iran that matters and bring it to the Intel Room. Every find is checked, then it is there for the shows and for everyone.

Open the Intel Room

  • Bring the Intel Room a find5 minutes40 XP

    A public post, video or report about Iran that belongs on the shows.

    Why it matters. The regime counts on news from Iran dying in a group chat. A find in the Intel Room reaches the shows and everyone who opens the page.

    1. Open the Intel Room and press Add.
    2. Paste the link and say in one line what it shows. Only a post that is already public, never a private chat.
    3. I check it against the link before it shows. Then it goes in the Intel Room under your name.

    What to send as proof. The link you brought, and one line on what it shows.

    Nothing that shows who filmed it or where they were, and never a private chat.

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Rally

In person, outside Iran only: a dorehami of people you already trust, or a public event from the board.

Public events outside IranHow to host a dorehamiSafety, inside Iran and outside

  • Host your first dorehamiAn evening300 XPOutside Iran only

    Three to five people you trust, food, one question. It happens because you asked.

    Why it matters. A free Iran starts with people who trust each other enough to talk. A dorehami builds that, one table at a time.

    1. Invite three to five people you already trust. No public post: message each one yourself.
    2. Put food on the table and one question: what would you do in the first week of a free Iran?
    3. Agree the rule before anyone takes a picture: the table, the flag, hands.
    4. Set the date of the next one before people leave.

    The rules of this one

    • Only people you knew before this site. Someone who says they are a member here is still a stranger.
    • I keep no list of dorehamis, I match no strangers, and I never send an invitation or a file. If someone says I sent them, I did not.
    • Pictures show the table, the flag, hands. A person is shown only if they said yes to this site and the shows too, not just to your own post.
    • Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown or named, unless they chose it themselves.
    • No address, no house number and no car plate, on this site or in any picture.
    • Nothing is posted during it, and nobody says where it was, before or after.
    • A dorehami belongs to its host. I give a guide and XP. I run nothing, pay for nothing and decide nothing.

    What to send as proof. How many came, what did you eat, and what did the table disagree on?

    No names, no faces, no address. A report is a public post.

  • Go to a public event from the boardAn evening150 XPOutside Iran only

    A rally, a screening or a vigil outside Iran, posted by the people who run it.

    Why it matters. Every crowd outside Iran tells the people inside that they are heard.

    1. Open the board of public events and pick one you can reach.
    2. Go with someone you trust. Decide before you leave whether your face can be seen.
    3. Carry the flag you came for. Leave people you do not know out of your pictures.

    The rules of this one

    • Only a rally its organisers already announced in public. Never one you heard of in a private chat.
    • A rally belongs to the people who called it. I run none, pay for none and speak for none.
    • Pictures show the table, the flag, hands. A person is shown only if they said yes to this site and the shows too, not just to your own post.
    • Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown or named, unless they chose it themselves.
    • Nothing is posted during it, and nobody says where it was, before or after.

    What to send as proof. What was it for, and what did you carry?

    Nobody else in your pictures, and no city. Not your own face either, if family in Iran could pay for it.

  • Bring someone new you already knowAn evening200 XPOutside Iran only

    A cousin, a friend or a colleague you knew before this site, at their first dorehami.

    Why it matters. Iranians abroad who know each other can do far more than the same people apart.

    1. Pick one person you knew before this site who has never been to a dorehami.
    2. Ask them yourself, in person or in a private message. Never through this site.
    3. Sit them next to you, and let them say why they came.

    The rules of this one

    • Only people you knew before this site. Someone who says they are a member here is still a stranger.
    • I keep no list of dorehamis, I match no strangers, and I never send an invitation or a file. If someone says I sent them, I did not.
    • Pictures show the table, the flag, hands. A person is shown only if they said yes to this site and the shows too, not just to your own post.
    • Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown or named, unless they chose it themselves.
    • No address, no house number and no car plate, on this site or in any picture.
    • Nothing is posted during it, and nobody says where it was, before or after.
    • A dorehami belongs to its host. I give a guide and XP. I run nothing, pay for nothing and decide nothing.

    What to send as proof. Without a name: how do you know them, and what did they say after?

    No names, no faces, no address. A report is a public post.

  • Make your dorehami a habitEvery week400 XPOutside Iran only

    One evening is a memory. The same people every month can get things done.

    Why it matters. A free Iran will need people who already know how to meet and decide together. A regular table is where that starts.

    1. Keep the same people and the same day of the month. Add one trusted person at a time.
    2. Give each evening one job: a letter to an office, a video for a campaign, a rally to go to.
    3. Report after each one. This mission can be reported again.

    The rules of this one

    • Only people you knew before this site. Someone who says they are a member here is still a stranger.
    • I keep no list of dorehamis, I match no strangers, and I never send an invitation or a file. If someone says I sent them, I did not.
    • Pictures show the table, the flag, hands. A person is shown only if they said yes to this site and the shows too, not just to your own post.
    • Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown or named, unless they chose it themselves.
    • No address, no house number and no car plate, on this site or in any picture.
    • Nothing is posted during it, and nobody says where it was, before or after.
    • A dorehami belongs to its host. I give a guide and XP. I run nothing, pay for nothing and decide nothing.

    What to send as proof. Which meeting was this, and what did the table get done?

    No names, no faces, no address. A report is a public post.

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Lead

Your first post and your first reply, a mind changed, the case made where everyone can hear it, and your city's first event.

  • Make your first post5 minutes25 XPTicks itself

    Say what you think in any discussion, in Persian or English. Someone will answer.

    Why it matters. A thought you keep to yourself changes nothing. Said here, others can answer it and build on it.

    1. Open any discussion and say what you think, in your own words. Leave out anything that shows who you are.
    2. It ticks itself.
  • Answer another member5 minutes15 XPTicks itself

    Reply to someone here. Back them up, or tell them why they're wrong.

    Why it matters. The regime has always kept Iranians apart. Talking to each other is where that ends.

    1. Open any discussion and read what others wrote.
    2. Reply to one of them. It ticks itself.
  • Change one mindAn evening150 XP

    A relative or a friend who still believes the regime, or isn't sure. One real talk.

    Why it matters. The regime lives on doubt as much as on fear. A mind changed abroad often reaches a family inside.

    1. Pick one person you love who still defends the Islamic Republic, or shrugs.
    2. Listen first. Ask what they are afraid of if it falls.
    3. Bring one fact, not ten. A name, a date, a number.
    4. Leave the door open. Minds move after the talk, not during it.

    What to send as proof. What moved them, even a little? No name.

    No name and nothing that shows who they are.

  • Make the case in 60 secondsAn hour150 XP

    Your own short video: why the Islamic Republic has to go, in your own words.

    Why it matters. For 47 years the world has heard the regime's version. One minute from a real Iranian answers it.

    1. Film one minute, upright, in Persian, English or the language where you live.
    2. You never have to show your face. Hands, a voice and a flag are enough.
    3. Post it on your own account and send me the link.

    What to send as proof. The link to your post.

    Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown, unless they chose it themselves.

  • Translate one pieceAn hour120 XP

    A speech by Prince Reza Pahlavi, an article or a post, into the language where you live.

    Why it matters. Most of the world reads about Iran in its own language, from people who have never been there.

    1. Pick one piece worth reading outside Iran.
    2. Translate it into the language of the country you live in. Keep the meaning, not word for word.
    3. Post it with a link to the original, and send me your link.

    What to send as proof. The link to your translation, and to the original.

    Nothing the original does not say.

  • Start your cityEvery week600 XPOutside Iran only

    No public event near you yet? Organise the first one and post it on the board.

    Why it matters. The first event in a city is the hardest. After it, Iranians there have somewhere to go.

    1. Pick a public place and a time the law allows: a vigil, a screening, a stand with flags.
    2. Check what your city asks for a public event before you post it.
    3. Post it on the board of public events. I list it and put it on my front page.
    4. Bring two people you trust to stand with you.

    The rules of this one

    • Only a rally its organisers already announced in public. Never one you heard of in a private chat.
    • A rally belongs to the people who called it. I run none, pay for none and speak for none.
    • Pictures show the table, the flag, hands. A person is shown only if they said yes to this site and the shows too, not just to your own post.
    • Nobody whose family is in Iran is shown or named, unless they chose it themselves.
    • Nothing is posted during it, and nobody says where it was, before or after.

    What to send as proof. What was it, and how many came?

    Nobody else's face and nobody else's name.

Inside Iran

Plan with the others, safely. Nothing here asks you to see anyone, report or prove anything.

  • Plan with the others, unseen5 minutes

    A made-up name, an email made just for this, and a VPN. Then the discussion is yours too.

    A plan for a free Iran needs the people who live under the regime every day.

    1. Turn on your VPN first.
    2. Make a new email just for this, with no real name and no phone number of yours on it.
    3. Create your account with a made-up name, then write in the discussion.
    4. Never write where you are, or a name or a detail that leads to you or to anyone else.

    I do not need to know who you are. Do not tell me where you are.

  • See who in Washington is with you5 minutes

    Reading takes no account, no name and no email.

    A fight needs to know who stands where.

    1. Open the scorecard. You do not need to sign in.
    2. Look up the names you hear in the news and read the votes behind each score.
    3. Reading is all this takes. There is nothing to report.

    I do not need to know who you are. Do not tell me where you are.

  • Read what keeps you safe5 minutes

    Short rules, each with its reason. Nothing to sign, send or prove.

    Staying safe is part of the fight. Nobody inside owes anyone proof.

    1. Open the safety page. The part for inside Iran comes first.
    2. Read it, then close it. There is nothing to report.

    I do not need to know who you are. Do not tell me where you are.

  • Learn to send a video safely5 minutes

    Filmed something the Islamic Republic does not want seen? Read this before you send it.

    Most of what Iran Uncensored shows the world was filmed by people like you and sent in.

    1. Read the whole page before you send anything.
    2. Use a VPN, and send from an account that does not carry your real name or number.
    3. After it is sent, delete the conversation on your side.
    4. There is nothing to report. I never ask anyone inside Iran to prove anything.

    Never a face, a voice, a street or a city inside Iran. Not in a report, not anywhere on this site.

The ranks

Six, from the world of the Shahnameh. Each accepted report moves you toward the next.

  1. Azadeh0 XP

    One of the free. It is the Shahnameh's own word for Iranians, and everyone starts here.

  2. Ahangar100 XP

    A blacksmith, like Kaveh: an ordinary person who got to work.

  3. Derafshdar400 XP

    A banner bearer. People gather where you stand.

  4. Dalir1000 XP

    The brave. You kept showing up.

  5. Pahlavan2000 XP

    A champion: strong, and decent with it.

  6. Jahan Pahlavan4000 XP

    Champion of the world. The Shahnameh gives this name to Rostam.

How XP works

Only an accepted report earns XP. I read every report, and no photos are ever needed. If one is too thin I send it back and say why, and you can report again.

Making your account, your first post and your first reply tick themselves.

A public event posted on the board is proven by the people who came: each one rates it, and the organiser's XP follows their ratings. A dorehami of people you already trust is a short report in your own words, with no names.

Hosting a gathering earns more than coming to one, and coming earns more than anything online.

XP is a count of what you did. It is worth nothing in cash and buys nothing.

Outside the missions I give a little XP by hand, for quality and never for how much someone posts, and I write the reason beside it.

Nobody inside Iran is asked to report, so nothing here earns XP from inside Iran.

Outside the missions, by hand

  • A source of yours that I add to a member's page10 XP
  • A correction of yours that I fix on the site10 XP
  • A mission idea of yours that I add to this board10 XP
  • A post of yours that starts a real conversation5 XP

Guides

Want to give money to the movement?

This site takes no money. Prince Reza Pahlavi's official site, rezapahlavi.org, links to one donation page, for the Rise Iran campaign.

Open the donation page

A warning: that page does not name anyone who receives the money.

Which mission is missing from this page?

Say it where other readers can answer you, in Persian or English.

Open the discussion
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Discussion

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All discussions, from every page

A mission I should add, one that makes no sense to you, or a question about how reports and XP work. Readers' words, not mine.

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Posting takes a free account. What you wrote is kept while you make one.

What you post here can be shown, quoted and shared on the site and on the shows. The terms

Leave out anything private about anyone. The rules, and what your account keeps

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