Middle East Eye Article RatingSaudi football club refuses to play in Iran due to Qassem Soleimani statue
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50% Medium Conservative
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35% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
50% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
32% Negative
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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.
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| "The game was scheduled to take place at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, where an estimated 60,000 spectators gathered to witness the Asian Champions League face-off between Sepahan and Al-Ittihad." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim on 2 October 2023 shows a bust of Qassem Soleimani on the pitch at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in Iran (AFP)A football match in Iran featuring Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad Club playing against Iran's Sepahan was halted on Monday when the Saudi team refused to participate due to a statue in the stadium commemorating the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In 2016, a faction of Iranian militiamen, known as the Basij and affiliated with the IRGC, assaulted the Saudi embassy in Tehran." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
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49% : The game was scheduled to take place at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, where an estimated 60,000 spectators gathered to witness the Asian Champions League face-off between Sepahan and Al-Ittihad.43% : A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim on 2 October 2023 shows a bust of Qassem Soleimani on the pitch at Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium in Iran (AFP)A football match in Iran featuring Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad Club playing against Iran's Sepahan was halted on Monday when the Saudi team refused to participate due to a statue in the stadium commemorating the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani.
32% : In 2016, a faction of Iranian militiamen, known as the Basij and affiliated with the IRGC, assaulted the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
22% : Soleimani was assassinated near Baghdad airport by a US drone attack in January 2020 under the administration of former President Donald Trump.
*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.