Manifesto

Ardeshir is a volunteer collective of Iranian monarchists, and friends of the Iranian nation. We build free software for the Iranian people.

The Islamic Republic is not the Iranian nation. It is an occupier of it.

What we are

A collective of volunteers with one purpose. We are not a company, and we are not trying to become one. We answer to the work, to the Iranian people it is for, and to the principles set out here.

We are independent. No party, faction, foreign government, or sponsor directs what we build.

What we build for

We build tools that respect privacy, resist surveillance, and work on the connections Iranians actually have. We choose work by usefulness, not by fashion.

Released work stays free. It cannot be taken back from the people it was built for.

What we stand against

We stand against the Islamic Republic’s surveillance, censorship, and control over Iran and Iranians. We also stand against any system that treats the Iranian people as subjects to be managed rather than heirs of their own country.

This is a political stance. We state it openly because the work cannot be understood without it.

What we refuse to become

• A vehicle for personal ownership over collective work.
• A channel for outside parties to steer what we build.
• A place where trusted people can quietly sabotage what others built.
• A place where coercion can push code to release without review.

The member agreement keeps ownership with the project. The review rule keeps the integrity rule real: nothing reaches a main branch without human review by another member.

How we stay honest

The collective is closed because it must be. Membership, internal records, and unreleased code are visible to members only. Released projects ship in the open under free licences, and those releases are permanent.

The rules that protect membership, review, and release are themselves protected. The most important ones cannot be quietly rewritten.

What we owe contributors

We owe contributors a fair process, a permanent record, honest credit, and a place where useful work is not at risk from whoever happens to hold power that day.

A note to anyone reading this from inside Iran

The work is for you. Read the Safety page before you download or use anything we publish. The collective’s stance is public, and the Islamic Republic treats material from groups like ours as a serious matter.

Jāvid Shāh. Pāyandeh Irān.