Stolen Revolution: Behind Iran's Protest Movements (feat. Bozorgmehr Sharafedin)
About this episode
The episode explores the personal stories behind Iran's protest movements and the shift from reform to revolution.
Every Iranian revolution begins with an ordinary life hitting an extraordinary wall. Stolen Revolution captures those moments — the personal reckonings with a regime that promised faith and delivered suffocation. Co-authored by award-winning journalists Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, the book traces six Iranians living the full arc of modern Iranian history: a Khomeini devotee cast from power, a poet who gave voice to a generation's shattered dreams, a bureaucrat who risked everything to expose state corruption, an entrepreneur crushed by the security apparatus, and two young women who joined the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. Iran International's Bozorgmehr Sharafedin joins FDD Iran Program Senior Director Behnam Ben Taleblu to unpack the human stories behind Iran's seismic shift from reform to revolution, and what they reveal about life under the Islamic Republic.
People in this episode
Host: Behnam Ben Taleblu
Guest: Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
Topics covered
- Iranian protests
- revolution
- human stories
- political history
- women's rights
Keywords
- Iran
- protests
- revolution
- Khomeini
- freedom
- state corruption
- women's rights
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Iran International, Islamic Republic
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