Fragmentation to Federation: Building the Political Architecture for a Free Iran
From Fragmentation to Federation: Building the Political Architecture for a Free Iran Publi she Published online by TISHK Center for Kurdistan Studies: 15.05.2026 DOI: https://doi.org/10.69939/TISHKar03 Fallah, Soraya 2026. “From Fragmentation to Federation:Building the Political Architecture for a Free Iran ” TISHK Center for Kurdistan Studies. Articles in Advance . Abstract Despite decades of organizing, the Iranian opposition has failed to produce a political structure capable of credibly challenging the Islamic Republic. This article argues that the problem is not a lack of unity but a flawed architecture of unity. The dominant model, the unified front, demands premature ideological convergence, creates winner-take-all dynamics, and presents a single point of failure to a regime skilled at fracturing dissent. In its place, this article proposes a federated coalition model grounded in international human rights law, drawing on the coo...