Amir Vahdat, Author at Concord Monitor

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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020 file photo, rescue workers search the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iran. Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down the Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people. The report released late Saturday, July 11, 2020 by Iran's Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the crash. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

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Plane crash, deaths were preventable

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressJuly 12, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran — A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people…

In this image taken from video an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province, some 230 kilometers (145 miles) southeast of Iran’s capital, Tehran, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. The rocket failed to put the satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. (IRIB via AP)

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Iran again fails to put satellite into orbit amid U.S. worries

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressFebruary 9, 2020

An Indian Shiite Muslim girl points at a portrait of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. attack, during a protest against the U.S. in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Iran sends mixed signals as tensions with U.S. ease

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressJanuary 9, 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 back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq

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

Iranian lawmakers chant slogans as some of them hold posters of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack, in an open session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Iran's parliament has passed an urgent bill declaring the U.S. military's command at the Pentagon in Washington and those acting on its behalf "terrorists," subject to Iranian sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Stampede kills 56 at funeral for Iranian general slain by U.S.

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

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering at the city of Yazd, some 410 miles (680 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude oil, Rouhani said Sunday, a find that could boost the country's proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)

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Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels

by Amir Vahdat Associated PressNovember 10, 2019

Iranian women cheer during a soccer match between their national team and Cambodia in the 2022 World Cup qualifier at the Azadi (Freedom) Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Iranian women were freely allowed into the stadium for the first time in decades. The decision follows the death of a young woman who set herself on fire after hearing she could face prison time for sneaking into an Iranian soccer match disguised as a man. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran women freely at FIFA soccer match, 1st time in decades

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Mehdi Fattahi Associated PressOctober 10, 2019

A security guard stands alert in front of Aramco’s oil processing facility after the Sept. 14 attack in Abqaiq.

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Iran’s Guard says ready for ‘any scenario’ amid U.S. standoff

by Amir Vahdat Associated PressSeptember 21, 2019

A speedboat of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

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UAE, Iran hold rare talks on maritime security

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJuly 31, 2019

A British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized by the Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Friday is photographed in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, Saturday, July 20, 2019. The chairman of Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee says military action to free the oil tanker seized by Iran would not be a good choice. Tom Tugendhat said Saturday it would be "extremely unwise" to seek a military solution to the escalating crisis, especially because the vessel has apparently been taken to a well-protected port. (Tasnim News Agency/via AP)

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Iran calls its seizure of British ship a ‘reciprocal’ move

by Amir Vahdat Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressJuly 20, 2019