Diktat

/dˈɪktæt/

Diktat

a legally binding command or decision that is issued by someone of an authority

Examples

1. But the bank was not a passive absorber of governmental diktats.

2. We are not subject to authoritarian diktats' instructions.

3. And, obviously, the U.N. Has, at times, tried to make diktats about conflicts.

4. I don't believe that the Houthis necessarily will follow the Iranian diktat.