Iran says it is working to ease veil compliance, and the deputy police could have been lifted

  • Bias Rating

    54% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    54% Very Conservative

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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

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"Wearing the veil became compulsory in Iran in 1983."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"In July, Raisi called on all government institutions in Iran to implement the headscarf law, but Reuters reported on Saturday that the president had softened his stance."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The cleric also publicly opposes the death penalty for protesters."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"The hijab protests began when 22-year-old Mohsa Amini died after being arrested by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on September 13 in Tehran because her hijab did not sufficiently cover her head."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"She disappeared without a trace for some time, and when she later appeared in front of cameras in Tehran, she stated that it was a mistake and that the veil slipped off her head uoticed."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Wearing the veil became compulsory in Iran in 1983.
43% : In July, Raisi called on "all government institutions" in Iran to "implement the headscarf law," but Reuters reported on Saturday that the president had softened his stance.
43% : The cleric also publicly opposes the death penalty for protesters.
37% : The hijab protests began when 22-year-old Mohsa Amini died after being arrested by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on September 13 in Tehran because her hijab did not sufficiently cover her head.
36% : She disappeared without a trace for some time, and when she later appeared in front of cameras in Tehran, she stated that it was a "mistake" and that the veil "slipped off her head unnoticed."

*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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