This is the first part of the educational package The Architecture of Transition and the second episode of the third season of the Iran Academia Podcast. The conversation was recorded in The Hague on May 22 and 23, 2026. In this episode, Sajad Sepehri hosts Raha Bahreini, a lawyer and human rights researcher, who participated in this educational conversation in her personal capacity. The episode asks where democratic transition begins and why the fundamental rules of the political game must be defined before the winner of power is chosen.