Amir Vahdat, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Stampede kills 56 at funeral for Iranian general

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran — A stampede broke out Tuesday at the funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.As the…

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2018, file photo, members of the military wait outside facilities where President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are visiting at Al Assad Air Base, Iraq. Iran said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, it has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Iran strikes back at US with missile attack on bases in Iraq

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020

In this May 5, 2019 photo issued by Karatzas Images, showing the British oil tanker Stena Impero at unknown location, which is believed to have been captured by Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced on their website Friday July 19, 2019, it has seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest provocation in a strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in the tensions between Tehran and the West. (Basil M. Karatzas, Karatzas Images via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Iran’s seizure of UK tanker in Gulf seen as escalation

by Gregory Katz Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressJuly 19, 2019

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran acknowledged Monday, July 1, 2019, it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord. (Mehdi Marizad/Fars News Agency via AP, File)

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Iran breaches uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressJuly 1, 2019

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, attend a news conference during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Iran threatens more uranium enrichment if no new nuke deal

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressMay 8, 2019

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran's weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. (AP Photo)

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Iran protests go on as social media apps blocked

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressDecember 31, 2017

People walk next to a destroyed house after an earthquake at the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border has killed over 350 people across both countries, sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Iran-Iraq quake death toll over 400

by Nasser Karimi Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressNovember 13, 2017

A man hands a child to a security guard from Iran’s parliament building after an assault of several attackers, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday.

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Islamic State claims stunning attack in heart of Iran

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJune 7, 2017

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shows his identification during registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Ahmadinejad on Wednesday unexpectedly filed to run in the country's May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Ex-leader Ahmadinejad stuns Iran with election bid

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressApril 12, 2017