Farnaz Fassihi ✓

@farnazfassihi · New York, NY · joined 20 Feb 2015

Journalist @nytimes United Nations Bureau Chief Iran Mideast Diplomacy | Author | War correspondent Ellis Island Medal of Honor @Columbia & @Harvard alum

95 567Followers

7 756Following

31 320Posts total

39.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 406this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %11.94%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.99%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 406	2 896	3.94×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.94%	9.51%	1.26×
Engagement rate	0.99%	1.56%	0.64×

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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

11.1K1 Sep

2.9K

11.7K2 Sep

14.1K3 Sep

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.01%1 Sep

0.73%

0.65%2 Sep

1.25%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes54.3%297 in total

Reposts32.9%180 in total

Quotes3.5%19 in total

Bookmarks9.3%51 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

NYT Visual Investigation: U.S. airstrike turned a wedding in a small coastal town in Iran into a deadly tragedy. The bomb that hit the residential area was American, it killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. Details & witness accounts: w/ 14.1K views · 94 likes · 74 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Update: Iranian officials say U.S. attacks tonight had struck a wedding ceremony in the city of Kuhestak in Sirak, south of Iran. Iranian Red Crescent Society said four people killed, including a child, and 53 injured. w/ @pranavbask @EricaLG @malachybrowne 11.7K views · 49 likes · 24 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 U.S. launches airstrikes on Iran for a second time in three days. Iranian sources say the attacks are massive and targeting the south, including Qeshm and Bandar Abbas. w/ @pranavbask https://t.co/fsht3eKGmr 2.9K views · 13 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 U.S. sanctions cut off aspiring Iranians from tests like TOEFL, GRE and Duolingo needed for study abroad, isolating Iranians and killing dreams. Iranian students talk about growing despair: @ErikaSolomon @SanamMahoozi https://t.co/5MF9DdNCtg 11.1K views · 141 likes · 76 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 I am grateful for the stellar support of @nytimes leadership voiced in this statement as I've faced months of harassment, slander, death & rape threat from some Iran opposition groups & trolls. Thank you @deanbaquet @cliffordlevy @meslackman et al 0 views · 957 likes · 157 reposts · 6 replies 06 Aug 2021 Journalists around the globe, particularly women and journalists of color, are being targeted for the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society. They should be free to work without harassment. https://t.co/Xteomnbvtm 0 views · 715 likes · 216 reposts · 1.1K replies 06 Aug 2021