By the People

Narrated by Daughter of Persia

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Something unprecedented has happened. People living under a dictatorship wrote the plan for their own freedom. Experts inside and outside the homeland collaborated to design a transition to a democratic nation. Then thousands living inside the country gave their feedback: a democratic process under the nose of a violent and oppressive regime. What they created is called the I.P.P.: a roadmap to economic revival and a constitutional referendum. This wasn't handed down to them. They built it themselves. Follow along to see what's inside.

Background

The I.P.P. is one of the most unusual political documents in modern history.

It is a detailed, expert-designed blueprint for governing a nation whose government does not yet exist — drafted by and for people who have spent decades under a theocratic dictatorship. Launched in April 2025 by NUFDI, it represents the collaborative work of over 70 scholars, economists, lawyers, and policy specialists, drawn from both the diaspora and inside the homeland. It was not written in a think tank and handed down. Its architects designed it as a living document — one that grows through input from the people wherever they are.

What makes the I.P.P. structurally distinctive is its democratic process. Thousands living inside the homeland provided feedback during its drafting — a dangerous act under a regime that considers dissent punishable by death. The document is neither monarchist nor republican: it leaves that choice to the people through a national referendum, with both options enshrining the same core principles — secularism, rule of law, individual rights, separation of powers, and the nation's territorial integrity.

The plan's scope is sweeping. Structured in three phases — an Emergency Phase of 180 days, a Stabilization Phase, and a long-term Post-Transition Phase — it maps out governance across fourteen policy areas, from healthcare and energy to cybersecurity and legal reform. It avoids the trap of either preserving all of the I.R.'s laws or scrapping them entirely, opting instead for a hybrid framework that retains functional institutions while immediately abolishing the repressive apparatus. The total transition is projected to take 18 to 24 months — from the fall of the regime to a democratically elected government.

The project's real power is not any single policy. It's the fact that it exists at all: a credible, public plan built by the people, for the people — proving that the dream of a free homeland is not only shared but actionable.

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