Amir Vahdat, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

This photo made available by Asriran.com on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 shows personnel standing on Iran's navy support ship Kharg after being caught on fire in the Gulf of Oman. Kharg, the largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported. (Asriran.com via AP)

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Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJune 2, 2021

TEHRAN, Iran — The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country’s vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West.The…

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks in a meeting with Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Grossi met with Salehi ahead of Iran's plans to partly suspend United Nations inspections of the country's nuclear facilities. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

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UN nuclear chief in talks with Iran

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressFebruary 21, 2021

Caretakers from the Imam Reza holy shrine carry the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's disbanded military nuclear program, who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony Saturday in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran.

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Iran newspaper: Strike Israel over scientist’s killing

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressNovember 29, 2020

A group of protesters burn pictures of the U.S. President Donald Trump, top, and the President-elect Joe Biden in a gathering in front of Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, a day after the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh an Iranian scientist linked to the country's nuclear program by unknown assailants near Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressNovember 28, 2020

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019 file photo, a man counts his banknotes and traveler checks in Tehran, Iran. On Sunday, Sept 20, 2020, Iran dismissed U.S. efforts to restore all U.N. sanctions on the country as mounting economic pressure from Washington pushed the local currency down to its lowest level ever. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

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Iran dismisses US efforts for UN sanctions as currency drops

by Amir Vahdat Associated PressSeptember 20, 2020

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 Ain al-Asad air base, Iraq. Iran said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, it has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain al-Asad 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 US troops at Iraqi bases

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

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last week, sparking cries from the crowd of supporters of "Death to Israel!" Tasnim News Agency via AP

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Stampede kills 40 at funeral for Iran general

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

FILE - In this June 13, 2019 file photo, an oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy is trying to put together a new coalition of nations to counter what it sees as a renewed maritime threat from Iran. Meanwhile, Iran finds itself backed into a corner and ready for a possible conflict. It stands poised on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, to further break the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/ISNA, File)

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Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressSeptember 5, 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 under nuclear accord

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressJuly 2, 2019

An Iranian protester pretends to punch a mask mocking President Donald Trump during a rally after Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2019. A top commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Friday that Tehran will not talk with the United States, an Iranian news agency reported — a day after President Donald Trump said he'd like Iranian leaders to "call me." (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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After Trump invite, Iran says: No talks with US

by Amir Vahdat Associated PressMay 10, 2019