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Iran jails couple shown dancing at Freedom Tower in viral video

Feb 01, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    1% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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49% : Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi published a video on social media showing them dancing in a city square.@AlinejadMasih / TwitterA young couple who posted a video of themselves dancing romantically in the streets of Tehran have been sentenced to several years in prison, according to human rights activists and Iranian authorities.
38% :Haghighi and Ahmadi were sentenced to ten years and six months each in prison, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA, the communications arm of Human Rights Activists in Iran, which describes itself as a "non-political and non-governmental organization comprised of advocates who defend human rights in Iran."

*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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