Can Military Defeat Break the Iranian Regime’s Death Grip on Its People?
A new history of the Islamic Revolution and its discontents.
September 4, 2026
A new history of the Islamic Revolution and its discontents.
In their book Stolen Revolution, Yega-neh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin explain the origins of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and how it violently repressed attempts to reform or to overthrow it. Joshua Muravchik writes in his review:
A new history of the Islamic Revolution and its discontents.
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In their book Stolen Revolution, Yega-neh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin explain the origins of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and how it violently repressed attempts to reform or to overthrow it. Joshua Muravchik writes in his review:
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