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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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| "It will confirm to the Iranian regime that the US is a reliable negotiation partner, which could prove to be a crucial basis for the reopening of formal nuclear negotiations and a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Speaking to the news site, Kaveh Moussavi, an Iranian human rights lawyer and former head of public interest law at Oxford University, said that Washington is aware that Tehran is very heavily invested in the survival of the Russian regime and is keen to change that narrative and also ensure Tehran is at peace with its other neighbours in the Middle East." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The funds will be monitored to ensure Iran uses the money for goods not currently under sanctions, reported the Financial Times (FT)." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The US and Iran are completing an exchange-of-prisoners deal that analysts say could open the door to a de-escalation of tensions between the two nations." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The prisoner swap might be a decisive step for the West in reaching a new informal nuclear limitation agreement with Iran, said Larres." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "For Iran, the deal frees money earned from selling oil to South Korea, although sources involved in this process insist these funds will be strictly controlled, said Doucet." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "US President Joe Biden has long been urged to bring home Americans widely regarded as hostages and used by Iran as political leverage, said the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "No funds will go into Iran, the sources stressed." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Tehran has denied exporting weapons to Russia to use in the war, and no agreement has been reached, according to people briefed on the talks, reported the paper." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Even as Iran has continued to enrich uranium, the two countries have been discussing how to de-escalate tensions; proposals include Iran agreeing not to target Americans and to cap its uranium enrichment at 60" | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "While it will mean giving an evil regime $6 billion, the sum is from oil revenues sequestered under sanction laws, allowing the president to claim that his deal won't cost the US taxpayer a cent." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The US has also reportedly been pushing Tehran to stop selling drones to Moscow, which Russian forces have used in the war against Ukraine." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "In turn, it could help to stabilise the Middle East by preventing an Israeli attack on Iran if Iran were to further develop a nuclear bomb." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "By defying UN sanctions on Russia with impunity, Iran has inserted itself into yet another conflict with the West." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Biden will be patting himself on the back over this deal, wrote columnist Daniel Johnson in The Telegraph." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "US President Joe Biden has long been urged to bring home Americans widely regarded as hostages and used by Iran as political leverage, said the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "But the reality is that Biden's murky prisoner swap will only damage American prestige, encourage the Iranians to take more Western hostages, and help fund the regime's nuclear ambitions." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Indeed, Biden's deal lends credibility at a crucial moment to one of the most dangerous rogue states in the world, continued Johnson." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
59% : It will confirm to the Iranian regime that the US "is a reliable negotiation partner", which could prove to be a "crucial basis" for the reopening of formal nuclear negotiations and a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).57% : Speaking to the news site, Kaveh Moussavi, an Iranian human rights lawyer and former head of public interest law at Oxford University, said that Washington is "aware that Tehran is very heavily invested in the survival of the Russian regime" and is "keen to change that narrative and also ensure Tehran is at peace with its other neighbours in the Middle East".
52% : The funds will be monitored "to ensure Iran uses the money for goods" not currently under sanctions, reported the Financial Times (FT).
49% : The US and Iran are completing an exchange-of-prisoners deal that analysts say could "open the door" to a de-escalation of tensions between the two nations.
45% : The prisoner swap "might be a decisive step for the West in reaching a new informal nuclear limitation agreement with Iran", said Larres.
42% : For Iran, the deal frees money earned from selling oil to South Korea, although "sources involved in this process insist these funds will be strictly controlled", said Doucet.
40% : US President Joe Biden has "long been urged" to bring home Americans "widely regarded as hostages" and used by Iran as "political leverage", said the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
40% : "No funds will go into Iran," the sources stressed.
38% : Tehran has denied exporting weapons to Russia to use in the war, and no agreement has been reached, according to people briefed on the talks, reported the paper.
36% : Even as Iran has continued to enrich uranium, the two countries have been discussing how to de-escalate tensions; proposals include Iran agreeing not to target Americans and to cap its uranium enrichment at 60% purity, a level below weapons grade, while the US refrains from imposing additional sanctions that "further strangle the economy".
35% : While it will mean "giving an evil regime" $6 billion, the sum is from oil revenues sequestered under sanction laws, allowing the president to claim that his deal "won't cost the US taxpayer a cent".
35% : The US has also reportedly been pushing Tehran to stop selling drones to Moscow, which Russian forces have used in the war against Ukraine.
20% : In turn, it could help to stabilise the Middle East "by preventing an Israeli attack on Iran if Iran were to further develop a nuclear bomb".
19% : By defying UN sanctions on Russia "with impunity", Iran has "inserted itself into yet another conflict with the West".
*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.