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A focused review of enforcement gaps and four targeted recommendations to Western coalitions.

A cessation of hostilities that imposes nothing on the end of internal repression is not peace: it is a reprieve granted to the coercive apparatus, not to the Iranian people. The distinction is strategic as much as moral. A framework that severs the security of transit from the fate of imprisoned Iranians effectively prolongs the impunity of the very system it claims to contain.

History is brutally simple: the world stands at a crossroads in the Strait of Hormuz. The choice before us is clear : settle for a temporary and costly silence, or commit to lasting global security. Between submitting to blackmail and protecting our...

DORNA's doctrinal framework for the architecture of a democratic Iranian state, drawing on comparative transitions.

TEHRAN – Exclusive reports and field analysis indicate that the Islamic Republic has adopted a systematic new strategy to shield senior officials and military assets: the calculated use of hospitals, schools, and public centers as human shields....

The uprisings in Iran in 1978–1979 and 2025–2026 are similar in terms of the large numbers of people demonstrating in the streets. However, these apparent similarities must be analyzed in order to fully understand the profound differences between...

An analytical reflection: from the wound of the name “republic” to the impasse of the form of power “The principle of republican government is virtue.” — Charles de Montesquieu , The Spirit of the Laws Why don’t republicans have a single leader or a...

Complete translation of the article published in Atlantico – Full text in French 12 February 2026 Transition Under High Tension Strategist and expert in international relations and Iran, the Franco-Iranian Maneli Mirkhan is the founder of DORNA –...

A photo that became a symbol of the misery of millions of Iranians, and brought millions of dollars to one individual One of the most iconic images of the 1979 revolution depicts the structural solidity of a building constructed during the Pahlavi...

Identification details of 40 members of the Intelligence Unit of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), who participated in the massacre of the Iranian people through direct fire or operational support – Dey 1404 (December 2025 / January...

In an article published by Le Figaro on February 1, Maneli Mirkhan explains that the Islamic Republic’s decision to label European armies as “terrorist organizations” is a purely symbolic and propagandistic move , with no real, operational, or...

What is the wage for killing unarmed civilians in Iran’s streets with military weapons? An examination of banking documents and financial data obtained—through DORNA collaborators inside the country—from a large statistical sample of repression...

The brutality the security forces are unleashing in Iran is not an improvisation. It is doctrine. As fragmentary reports of mass killings trickle out of Iran, it is difficult to absorb the alleged scale and speed of the violence being committed...

It is urgent to understand the regime of violence currently at work in Iran. Tens of thousands of people—sometimes very young—have been killed or fatally wounded by the henchmen of the Islamofascist regime. Discomfort reigns in the media universe....

(Source: RTL website) The Franco-Iranian expert believes that following the “massacre” of the Iranian population and the threats issued by the U.S. government against the Islamic Republic, a point of no return has been crossed , and that it is no...

In recent days, growing political, security, and diplomatic signals point to a high likelihood of U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, reducing the current situation to the narrow question of whether a strike will...

In the late twentieth century, Roy Baumeister, a social psychologist, put forward the theory of the demonic myth , known as victim blaming . The demonic myth is one of the defining characteristics of dictatorial and authoritarian regimes. Through...

DORNA welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the resolution on the brutal repression of protesters in Iran. This vote marks a decisive political shift: the Islamic Republic is no longer treated as a normal state facing unrest, but as a...

When education unions from across the world gathered recently in Brussels for the Executive Board meeting of Education International , the agenda extended far beyond professional standards or working conditions. What emerged was a political truth...

France bears a historical responsibility toward the Iranian people—for having hosted Khomeini in 1978, and because a number of French intellectuals of the time, with Michel Foucault foremost among them, supported the uprising in profound ignorance...

Crisis in the “Leaderless Land” January 2026 (Dey 1404) can be considered a turning point in the contemporary history of the Middle East. The Islamic Republic of Iran, after sustaining heavy infrastructural blows in the “12-Day War” (June 2025), is...

The U.S. and French Constraint on the Islamic Republic: The Collapse of the I.R.’s Legitimacy Has Entered Official Diplomatic Discourse On January 15, 2026, at the initiative of the United States, the UN Security Council convened an emergency...

TEHRAN – On Wednesday, January 14, an online meeting was held on the internal intranet of the Judiciary, hosted by Hamzeh Khalili , the First Deputy of the Judiciary. The meeting included all provincial prosecutors and heads of justice departments...

The 2026 crisis around the Strait of Hormuz cannot be understood merely as an episode of military confrontation. It represents the most recent — and most acute — manifestation of a constitutive strategic pathology of the Islamic Republic of Iran: the structural incapacity to convert a tactical advantage into a political outcome, to cash in a victory at the right moment.