Hamidreza Azizi ✓

@HamidRezaAz · Berlin · joined 04 Dec 2012

PhD | Senior Iran Analyst @CrisisGroup | Views are my own | RTs ≠ endorsements

124 933Followers

832Following

11 121Posts total

341.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views20 840this account8 935median for 100K–1M

Reach, %16.68%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.68%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	20 840	8 935	2.33×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	16.68%	3.24%	5.15×
Engagement rate	0.68%	1.32%	0.51×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

242.3K22 Apr

6.9K

5.3K

93423 Apr

29.9K2 Sep

11.8K

37.3K3 Sep

6.8K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.39%22 Apr

0.28%

0.34%

0.43%23 Apr

0.81%2 Sep

0.76%

0.59%3 Sep

0.49%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes70.8%1 314 in total

Reposts10.6%197 in total

Replies1.6%29 in total

Quotes1.4%26 in total

Bookmarks15.7%291 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

“This kind of a hybrid approach — the combination of military force, blockade and economic pressure — that is the only option that seems to be available to the United States at this moment,” said Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group. Still, he 6.8K views · 28 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Not everyone in Tehran is counting on this, and the other possibility @glcarlstrom mentions here is actually taken very seriously. That is why some continue to argue that, if #Iran really wants to change the equation on the ground, Tehran has only a limited window — until the 37.3K views · 186 likes · 32 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Joined @BeckyCNN to discuss the latest escalation between #Iran and the U.S., and why I believe the current equilibrium is unsustainable in the long run https://t.co/FCojCbmtCO 11.8K views · 78 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Told @AP that neither #Iran nor the U.S. can continue indefinitely in this zone between full-scale war and a truce. At some point, one of the sides may see a need to escalate in order to break this cycle, and that could bring the two sides to a point that they have been trying to 29.9K views · 181 likes · 57 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @HamidRezaAz @politybooks Congrats! Come back on @IranPodcast to discuss this. 934 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Apr 2026 My sincere thanks to @vali_nasr, @MehranKamrava, and @BenteScheller for their generous endorsements. 5.3K views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Apr 2026 Pre-orders available here: https://t.co/a10y0X4v11 6.9K views · 17 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 22 Apr 2026 And finally… the author copies have arrived! It’s a great feeling to hold the finished book after such a long process. The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Israel and the Struggle for the Middle East UK & EU: May 8 | US & North America: July 14 @politybooks https://t.co/n5zZ 242.3K views · 803 likes · 92 reposts · 27 replies 22 Apr 2026