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@NegarMortazavi · Washington, DC · joined 22 May 2009

Senior Fellow @CIPolicy • Host @IranPodcast • Nonresident Scholar @MidEastPolicy

164 360Followers

4 385Following

46 589Posts total

43.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views5 134this account6 116median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.12%this account2.57%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %2.14%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	5 134	6 116	0.84×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.12%	2.57%	1.22×
Engagement rate	2.14%	1.40%	1.53×

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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

14.6K2 Sep

5.1K

18.6K3 Sep

2.6K

2.5K4 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.11%2 Sep

2.14%

0.62%3 Sep

1.10%

2.80%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes70.1%568 in total

Reposts19.6%159 in total

Replies5.2%42 in total

Quotes1.1%9 in total

Bookmarks4.0%32 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

The U.S. began this illegal war by striking an elementary school in Iran, killing 120+ children. Then the U.S. and Israel hit homes, schools, hospitals, universities, cultural heritage sites, and now, a wedding. 2.5K views · 53 likes · 15 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 I told @AJEnglish that latest escalation between Iran and the US was predictable following the collapse of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. At its heart is a struggle over who controls Hormuz, with both sides using military force to assert authority over the Strait. 2.6K views · 18 likes · 2 reposts · 8 replies 03 Sep 2026 Political disagreement in Tehran does not necessarily mean institutional rupture. Debates over war strategy, diplomacy, deterrence and how to end the war are genuine. But once the state reaches a decision, the leadership generally closes ranks behind its implementation. 18.6K views · 84 likes · 16 reposts · 10 replies 03 Sep 2026 Trump and Tehran are fighting over the Strait of Hormuz. Who will win? @AJEnglish https://t.co/LQkGsoIKco 5.1K views · 84 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 U.S. attack on a wedding in Iran killed four people including a child… Six months of war with no reason, no strategy, and no end in sight. 14.6K views · 329 likes · 105 reposts · 17 replies 02 Sep 2026