Dor Dor · دور دور · Persian dating, for the diaspora

Everyone here is Persian. Wherever here is.

A dating app built for Persians living outside Iran. Not a filter bolted onto a global app: Persian throughout rather than translated, and open everywhere at once — because your people are in London, Toronto, Berlin and Los Angeles, not within five kilometres.

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For Persians living outside Iran
Persian first, not translated
18+ · photos approved by a person · a person reads every report

The Dor Dor deck: one person's card showing their first name, age, a verified badge and the city they chose, with pass, flash and double-flash buttons underneath.

London · opens first
Toronto
Los Angeles
Berlin
Vancouver
Stockholm
Sydney
Hamburg
Paris
Washington
Frankfurt
Manchester
Your city?

Everywhere at once

Be there on day one.

Dor Dor launches in every city at the same time. Leave your email and we tell you the day it is live; your city only decides who you see first.

1Your email, your city. Nothing else, and no account is created.
2Two emails, ever. A confirmation now, and one more on launch day. We send that one ourselves, so it can arrive a few hours later.
3Then you sign up in the app, wherever you live. First name, age, city, two photos. Two minutes.

Email Your city

A confirmation now, one email on launch day. Nothing else. We use your address only for this, it passes only through our email provider, and we remove it about 12 months after launch, or whenever you ask. Joining the list is not an account — you still sign up in the app, from wherever you live, once it is live. We never say whether an address is already on the list, so you will see the same answer either way. How we handle your data, and privacy@dordorapp.com will take you off it.

The app is coming soon to App StoreComing soon Google PlayComing soon

Why it is shaped this way

Four decisions that only make sense for a diaspora

A dating app for Persians is not a demographic filter you bolt onto something global. These are the parts that had to be built differently, and they are the reason Dor Dor exists.

Persian first, not translated

Right to left from end to end, Vazirmatn typography, Persian digits, and message filters written for the phrases this community actually gets targeted with — not a generic keyword list with a Persian sticker on it.

Cities, not a radius

We start you with your own city and its neighbours, then everyone else, and you can narrow it to nearby cities in the filters. A five-kilometre circle returns nobody when your people are in London, Toronto, Berlin and Los Angeles. Everyone sees everyone; your city only decides who comes first.

Flash, don't swipe

دور دور is the evening ritual of driving the same streets with friends. Catching someone's eye at the lights and flashing your headlights is how you said hello. That is the interaction model here, not a renamed swipe.

Safety you can see

Every photo approved by a person, block and report from a profile, city-level location only, your phone number and email never shown to anyone, an optional Face ID lock, and helplines in four countries. Every report is read by a person, in Persian or English, within 24 hours.

The app

This is what you are downloading

Screens from the build. The pictures inside them come from our test city, so the faces are placeholders rather than real members.

The same deck in Persian, laid out right to left, with Persian digits for the age and a red chip saying this person has already flashed you. — **The same app, in Persian**Switch the language and the whole app turns around. Persian is not a translation layer bolted on the side.

The cardFirst name, age, city and whatever they chose to add. Block and report sit on the same screen.

The deck three cards in: another woman's card, with the flash buttons underneath. — **Three cards in**Flash and the next card is already there. The street remembers who you passed, so nobody comes round twice.

The deck in English: one card at a time, with pass, flash and double-flash buttons underneath. — **The street**One person at a time. Flash to say hello, double flash when you mean it, and the street remembers who you have already passed.

The filters sheet: distance set to nearby cities, an age range from eighteen to sixty plus, and a choice between everyone and verified profiles only. — **Filters**Age, distance, who you want to see and what languages they speak are free. The paid ones say so before you tap them.

The safety sheet shown before a first message, headed Before you say hello, listing five rules. — **Before you say hello**A safety note before every first message. Meet in public, tell a friend, a video call first is normal, never send money.

Everywhere at once

Why we ask for your city

Dor Dor launches everywhere on the same day, and everyone can see everyone. Your city decides who you see first: your own city, then its neighbours, then the rest of the diaspora.

That is why the form asks for it, and why the app asks again when you sign up. Nothing about where you live decides whether you can join.

We only ever store the city you pick. If you let the app use your position, it is turned into a city and thrown away. No exact coordinates are kept anywhere.

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City only. Never coordinates.

Safety

Before you say hello

A safety note before every first message. Meet in public, tell a friend, a video call first is normal, and never send money.
Photos approved by a person. Every new photo is screened and then approved by one of us before anyone else sees it. Nudity, minors, weapons and screenshots never reach the street.
Block and report from a profile or a message. Three separate reports in a week hide a profile until a reviewer has decided.
First name only, city only. Your date of birth, email address and phone number are never shown to another member.
An optional Face ID lock, and helplines for the UK, the US, Canada and Germany inside the app.

Read the full safety guidance · Community guidelines

The safety sheet shown before a first message, headed Before you say hello, listing five rules: meet in public, tell a friend, a video call first is normal, never send money, and report anyone who threatens to share screenshots.

Every report read by a person, within 24 hours.

Dor Dor Premium is optional

Everything you need in order to match and talk is free: a daily allowance of flashes that fills up again every morning, conversations with the people you match with, and every safety feature on this page.

Premium is a monthly subscription sold through the App Store or Google Play; the price is shown in the app. It renews automatically until you cancel it in your store account settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Boosts are one-off purchases and need no subscription.

Unlimited flashes
See who flashed you
Rewind your last swipe
Message before you match
Incognito
Height, smoking, kids, religion and interests filters
A free Boost every month

Questions

The things people ask first

What does leaving my email actually do?

You get a confirmation straight away, and one email on the day the app is live in the stores; we send that one ourselves, so it can arrive a few hours later. It is not an account, it does not reserve you a place in anyone's deck, and those two are the only emails we will send you. Write to privacy@dordorapp.com and we take the address off the list.

Is Dor Dor free?

Yes. You get a daily allowance of flashes that renews every morning, and matching and messaging cost nothing. Premium is an optional subscription for people who want more of it.

Which cities, and when?

All of them, on the same day. Dor Dor launches everywhere at once: you sign up wherever you live, your street starts in your own city, and then it reaches the whole diaspora. We ask for your city only so that the first people you see are the ones near you.

Who is it for?

Persians living outside Iran, and you must be 18 or over. We do not distribute the app in Iran and we take no payments from anyone resident there.

What do other people see about me?

Your first name, your age, your photos, the city you chose, and anything you added to your profile yourself. Never your date of birth, your email address, your phone number, or where you actually are.

How do I delete my account?

In the app under Settings → Account → Delete account, or on the web at dordorapp.com/account/delete. Your profile is hidden immediately; your profile, photos, messages, matches and sign-in details are erased after a 14-day grace period. A few things are kept, such as reports for two years; the deletion page lists them.

Is Dor Dor an Iranian dating app or a Persian dating app?

Both words describe the same people and Dor Dor is for all of them: Iranians and Persians living outside Iran - in London, Manchester, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stockholm, Paris, Sydney and anywhere else the diaspora lives. The app is Persian throughout rather than translated, and you can use it in English or Persian.

Where is Dor Dor available?

Everywhere the diaspora lives, from day one: the UK, Canada, the US, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Australia, the Gulf, Turkey and more than 150 cities in all. Dor Dor is not distributed in Iran and takes no payments from anyone resident there.

See you on the street.

A confirmation now, one email on launch day. That is the whole arrangement.

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