October 30, 2025 (Krasno Zoom event): Scott Anderson, American journalist, to speak on the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and its legacy

The University of Iowa graduate American journalist and novelist Scott Anderson will speak tomorrow, Thursday, October 30, 2025, in a Zoom event on the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and its legacy.

Anderson’s presentation will be based upon his recent book King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation (Doubleday, 2025), also sold in international markets under the title King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East.

This event is a part of the Krasno Global Events Series, hosted by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Krasno Global Affairs & Business Council.

This is the Zoom link for this free event: https://zoom.us/j/98072415115

The event will start 5 PM EST on October 30, which would be 10 PM in the UK, and 11 PM in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

That would be October 31, 12:00 AM in Israel; 2:30 AM in Iran; 2:00 AM in Mauritius; 3:30 AM in India; and 6:00 AM in China.

This is the cover image of Scott Anderson's book King of Kings (Doubleday, 2025), as sold in North American markets. (Image credit: Doubleday)

This is the cover image of Scott Anderson's book King of Kings (Hutchinson Heinemann, 2025), as sold in international markets. (Image credit: Hutchinson Heinemann)

The Krasno Global Affairs & Business Council has Professor Klaus Larres as its director.