Al Ittihad refuse to play AFC Champions League game in Iran over pitch-side statue

Oct 02, 2023 View Original Article
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    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Conservative

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"Sepahan were due to host Al Ittihad - who acquired the likes of Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante and Fabinho during the summer transfer window - at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan but the game was called off when the visitors saw the statue of Qasem Soleimani."
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8% Conservative
"Soleimani was in charge of Iran's military operations in the Middle East, leading its Quds Force."
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4% Conservative
"Saudi clubs had not played in Iran for eight years but Al Nassr have since faced Persepolis in September."
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-14% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Sepahan were due to host Al Ittihad - who acquired the likes of Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante and Fabinho during the summer transfer window - at Naghsh-e-Jahan Stadium in Isfahan but the game was called off when the visitors saw the statue of Qasem Soleimani.
52% : Soleimani was in charge of Iran's military operations in the Middle East, leading its Quds Force.
43% : Saudi clubs had not played in Iran for eight years but Al Nassr have since faced Persepolis in September.
41% : "Iran and Saudi Arabian relations have historically been poor, though they have improved recently with an agreement reached in China back in March.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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