Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

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@farnazfassihi, a known #Iran apologist with a history of publishing @JZarif talking points in the @nytimes, continues to praise the killed mass murderer Qasem Soleimani.

Her latest lie: "over 30 km" march in Ahvaz.

#IraniansDetestSoleimani

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 2)
To be fair, here’s the footage.

At first, one thinks: OMG!

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 3)
This is longest distance filmed from above, clearly showing the beginning & the end of the crowd. The entire distance is 1.5 km.

All the while, Fassihi publishes this lie in NYT:
“over 30 kilometers”

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 4)
Here are three images from a research on crowd calculation. There are two people per square meter. In many marches where people are seen to be shoulder to shoulder, they are calculated as 2/sq. meter.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 5)
The footage we saw was similar. Now we just need to calculate the distance to reach the number of people attending this march.

The crowd begins at the Naderi Medical Complex & continues after a few intersections/squares and reaches a bridge.

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The bridge is full of people & afterwards we reach the Moulavi Square. The crowd continues for a few squares afterwards.

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After final calculations, the crowd area stands at 45,770 square meters.

Considering the crowd at two per square meter, the total number of people reaches 91,540.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 8)
From now on, whenever people show you such footage & make remarks about “million man” marches, remember these calculations & have a good laugh.

Such street carnivals are old tactics used by dictators! And dictators can always count on #FakeNews MSM.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes 9)
In her last NYT piece, Fassihi described Soliemani as a “popular general.”

Watch this Iranian family dance in their home after hearing about the "terrorist Soleimani's" death.

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Farsi notes from inside Iran:
"We had a really joyous day after a very long time"
"Thank you, dear Trump"
"Long live Trump"
"Hats off to you, President Trump - From the people of Iran"

Credit: @IranNW

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 11)
Congratulations to the @nytimes!

Iran’s state TV is citing your correspondent.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 12)
This is how NYT & Fassihi romanticize a mass murder who led the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Iran, Iraq, Syria & …

“Iran’s Intrigue”

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BTW, all this reminds me of WaPo’s humiliating ordeal over their postmortem of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 14)
Fassihi's remarks are no coincidence.

Listen to a former Iranian intelligence minister talk about Tehran’s use of “reporters” in the West.

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 15)
On a side note:
In dictatorships that use all their national assets to maintain their rule, you can never estimate the true honesty of “popular support.”

https://twitter.com/MessageFromLen/status/1214049081540132864?s=20

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 16)
Some insight into the reality on the ground in Iran.

https://twitter.com/amsafavi/status/1214136583626072064?s=20

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 17)
And if Soleimani was a “popular general” as described by Fassihi in a previous NYT piece, he should have at least enjoyed a measure of support among the Iranian Diaspora.
english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-iraq-sy…

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 18)
For those interested, this is an earlier thread about Fassihi pushing Iran’s talking points in The New York Times.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1143537735090823168?s=20

@farnazfassihi @JZarif @nytimes @IranNW 19)
TBH, I’m not surprised that The New York Times publishes Fassihi’s pieces praising Soleimani.

For those interested, this thread sheds light on NYT’s relations with the mullahs’ regime in Iran.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1021491283167268864

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And finally, crowd/march investigation credit: @sharagim_zand