While he was in Iran recently, Michael Weissenstein covered the annual commemoration for the leader of the country's Islamic revolution, the aftereffects of a powerful cyclone and an American studies program that was called off.

In reporting these stories, he also experienced Persian hospitality, met a person who took offense at a story he wrote and sensed a growing tension in the mood of young people.

After returning to his usual assignment - he's an editor at the AP's International Desk in New York - Weissenstein sat down with AP deputy international editor NICOLAS B. TATRO to talk about what he saw and experienced during his brief visit to Iran.

To see what he had to say, take a look at this asap video, which also features a series of recent AP photos taken in Iran.

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Michael Weissenstein has traveled to Iran twice in recent months, once as a student and once as a reporter for The Associated Press.

Nicolas B. Tatro reported for the AP from Iran in the 1970s, until the government expelled him from the country before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.