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What Mehdi Karroubi meant to Iranian Revolution
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June 13, 2026
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2:09Now PlayingAcross nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s radical religious rulers have launched brutal crackdowns on demonstrators seeking social justice and political freedom.
A new book focuses on how the 1979 revolution failed to live up to its promise and why generations of Iranians have maintained their willingness to protest. Yeganeh Torbati, who serves as The New York Times' Iran correspondent, and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, head of digital at Iran International, a Persian-language news station based outside Iran, co-wrote the book, “Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran.”
Host Nick Schifrin and the two authors discussed what Mehdi Karroubi, a leading cleric, meant to the Iranian Revolution and its aftermath.
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