In this lecture Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin will describe the scope and meaning of the events covered in their forthcoming book, Stolen Revolution (Penguin, 2026), as well as discuss some of its major themes, including the lofty promises of the 1979 revolution, how they were subverted, and how power, wealth, and opportunity were channeled in the Islamic Republic.

Yeganeh Torbati is based in Istanbul and covers Iran for The New York Times. She previously reported for The Washington Post, ProPublica, and Reuters, where she was part of a prize-winning team that uncovered the financial empire controlled by Iran’s Supreme Leader. She was born in Oklahoma to Iranian immigrants.

Bozorgmehr Sharafedin is an Iranian-British journalist and documentary filmmaker. He began his career working for various newspapers in Tehran before becoming the editor in chief of the most popular youth political magazine in Iran. He joined the BBC in London as an editor in 2008. He then became a reporter at Reuters, covering Iran’s nuclear negotiations, international sanctions, and global energy markets. In 2023, he won the National Press Club’s Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. He is now the head of the digital news service at Iran International, a Persian-language news channel, and is based in Washington, D.C.

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