Miad Maleki ✓

@miadmaleki · Washington, DC · joined 01 Sep 2022

Senior Fellow @FDD | Former @USTreasury-OFAC Executive | @usairforce Veteran

33 193Followers

437Following

1 454Posts total

483KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views50 278this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %151.47%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.41%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	50 278	2 751	18.3×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	151.47%	9.00%	16.8×
Engagement rate	1.41%	1.65%	0.85×

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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

37.1K29 Aug

229.6K30 Aug

51.3K

40K

50.3K31 Aug

61.4K

13.4K2 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.61%29 Aug

0.27%30 Aug

1.41%

2.09%

1.21%31 Aug

0.87%

2.09%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes74.4%3 292 in total

Reposts15.7%693 in total

Replies2.9%130 in total

Quotes1.6%73 in total

Bookmarks5.4%238 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

What keeps the Islamic Republic's shadow banking network, the so-called rahbar network, running is not clever financial engineering. It is people: trusted individuals and a handful of sarrafis, the currency brokers who serve as the regime’s gateway to the global financial system. 13.4K views · 219 likes · 51 reposts · 6 replies 02 Sep 2026 The Islamic Republic is trapped in a strategic corner of its own making and every escalation should be read as a bid, not a battle plan. The regime is bidding for the one commodity it cannot produce domestically: sanctions relief packaged as American eagerness. Economically, it 61.4K views · 436 likes · 76 reposts · 14 replies 31 Aug 2026 ⭕️ The number of threats and posturing from Iran in the past 12 hours is unprecedented. This suggests the IRGC is feeling increased pressure, and the situation is only likely to escalate further. They understand that an uprising is inevitable and will likely intensify their 50.3K views · 518 likes · 64 reposts · 20 replies 31 Aug 2026 Do you remember ISIS? It ruled 12 million people for five years on a $2 billion war chest. The world built a 90-member coalition to erase it. The Islamic Republic has run the same project for 47 years on a trillion dollars of oil; with embassies, a UN seat, a nuclear program h 40K views · 614 likes · 184 reposts · 23 replies 30 Aug 2026 The regime can keep printing rial to avoid cutting salaries but it can’t print gasoline, or refining catalysts. Printing buys time but salaries paid in melting rials still can’t buy imports that no longer arrive. Regime is inflating away payroll cut but can’t inflate away empty 51.3K views · 583 likes · 111 reposts · 22 replies 30 Aug 2026 Massive lines at gas stations in Iran amidst reports of widespread fuel shortages 👇 https://t.co/WzRuyW0xHY 229.6K views · 477 likes · 86 reposts · 27 replies 30 Aug 2026 For China, Iran isn't a serious partner but a cheap hedge against Washington. A Chinese official told me once, "it's been more of a liability." China's trade in 2025: - United States $575B - Saudi Arabia $108B - UAE $108B - Iran $10B ($41B if you add the Iranian crude Beijing htt 37.1K views · 445 likes · 121 reposts · 18 replies 29 Aug 2026