Clashes in Iran as thousands gather at Mahsa Amini's grave, 40 days after her death | CNN

Oct 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -90% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    96% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    2% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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  •   Conservative
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"A group of protesters in Tehran reported to be doctors and dentists were seen chanting freedom, freedom, freedom!, according to another video posted on social media."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Similar units were firing on a group of doctors protesting in Tehran earlier in the day forcing the crowd to scatter, according to the person taking the video."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"IRNA reported on Wednesday that the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran has aounced that classes of new students will continue to be held virtually until further notice due to the persistence of some problems and the lack of a calm environment."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"There is no law in Iran that says the government caot ban religious ceremonies if the state believes there are security concerns."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC] anti-riot units were seen marching in Tehran as the protests intensified on Wednesday, according to video posted on social media."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Nationwide protests took place in Iran on Wednesday to mark 40 days since Amini died, an important day of mourning in Iranian and Islamic tradition."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"CNN --Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"United Nations experts called for an independent international investigation into the crackdown."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Protests continueLarge protests broke out in Tehran on Wednesday, where security forces fired teargas at demonstrators mourning Amini's death."
Negative
-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A group of protesters in Tehran reported to be doctors and dentists were seen chanting "freedom, freedom, freedom!," according to another video posted on social media.
44% : Similar units were firing on a group of doctors protesting in Tehran earlier in the day forcing the crowd to scatter, according to the person taking the video.
44% :IRNA reported on Wednesday that the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran has announced that classes of new students will "continue to be held virtually until further notice" due to the "persistence of some problems and the lack of a calm environment."
39% :There is no law in Iran that says the government cannot ban religious ceremonies if the state believes there are security concerns.
39% : Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC] anti-riot units were seen marching in Tehran as the protests intensified on Wednesday, according to video posted on social media.
38% : Nationwide protests took place in Iran on Wednesday to mark 40 days since Amini died, an important day of mourning in Iranian and Islamic tradition.
37% : CNN --Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said.
34% : United Nations experts called for an independent international investigation into the crackdown.
33% : Protests continueLarge protests broke out in Tehran on Wednesday, where security forces fired teargas at demonstrators mourning Amini's death.

*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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