Farnaz Fassihi’ mother “Fereshteh Tavakoli” co-founder of (ISCC) in the U.S.
On 28 November 2020, The New York Times published a news article by Fassihi, headlined “Top Scientist for Nuclear Program Is Killed in an Attack”, which reported in part, “Protests erupted outside government buildings to demand revenge, much as they did after the Jan. 3 attack that killed Qassim Suleimani, the major general who ran the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards Corps.” The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of this story suggested strongly that the “protests” had been organized by the government, with other non-New York Times news outlets also making clear that activities like what the Times had described as “protests” were actually Iranian-government-sponsored rallies
