Common questions about Nabard, how it works, and how you can use it.

Nabard is an independent platform for documenting and understanding political life in Iran. It has two sides.

Evidence is a structured, bilingual archive of people, events, organizations, and media: those killed, detained, disappeared, and executed; protest slogans; acts of repression; and attributed media evidence spanning decades.

Context is an independent media platform that aggregates podcasts, interviews, articles, documentaries, books, and research from independent creators.

The two are cross-referenced: a podcast mentioning a killed protester links to that person's profile in Evidence.

An anonymous collective spread across multiple continents. The team includes technologists, social scientists, data analysts, security specialists, and people with deep knowledge of Iran.

We cannot share personal identities for safety reasons. Even internally, no member knows the real identity of another.

There is no hierarchy: every editorial and operational decision goes through anonymous vote, one person one vote, equal weight. Nobody can unilaterally publish, suppress, or prioritize content.

Entirely self-funded by the core team. We accept no government funding, organizational grants, or corporate sponsorship.

We plan to open anonymous donations through cryptocurrency in the near future, so that neither we nor our supporters need to know each other's identities. No donor will have influence over editorial decisions.

Automated pipelines scan dozens of channels across Telegram, Instagram, X, and YouTube every hour, ingesting around 500 new resources per day.

We also receive community submissions through the "Submit information" button on the platform.

All material enters a processing queue where it is reviewed, labeled, and classified by the team daily.

Every resource goes through a structured workflow:

1. Labelers classify and tag incoming material.

2. Independent reviewers verify each resource by cross-checking against multiple sources, checking timeline and location consistency, and reviewing media context.

3. When labelers and reviewers disagree, the core team votes with equal weight.

Every resource carries a verification status label so you can see exactly where it stands.

Every resource on the platform has a three-dot menu with a report option. Our team reviews every report individually.

When a resource accumulates an unusual volume of independent reports, it is automatically removed from public view pending re-verification. This threshold is adaptive: the system evaluates reporting velocity, account patterns, and other signals to distinguish real concerns from coordinated manipulation.

All actions and status updates are visible through the resource's info panel.

Nabard is an aggregator. Everything on the platform was already publicly available somewhere else. We do not create new exposure.

For edge cases where aggregation itself could increase risk, the core team votes on whether to publish, redact, or withhold.

Every resource links back to its original source so users can trace provenance themselves.

Collection runs hourly. Labeling and review happen daily.

Verification does not stop after publication: a resource published today may be reclassified or flagged for re-review tomorrow based on new information. The archive is not a snapshot. It grows, self-corrects, and gets more reliable over time.

Yes. All data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. You can use it for academic research, journalism, human rights documentation, and civic purposes.

Every resource can be downloaded and shared via its unique link. Bulk data exports are available on request through the contact page.

Three ways:

1. Submit information, evidence, or corrections through the "Submit information" button available across the platform.

2. Report inaccuracies on any resource through its three-dot menu.

3. Contact us directly for collaboration, press inquiries, or bulk data requests.