Al-Monitor Article Rating

Iran claims to foil Israeli plot against its missile operations

Aug 31, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    98% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% Negative

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

N/A

SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Iran also unveiled its first long-range, naval ballistic missile in July, Al-Monitor's correspondent in Tehran reported at the time.
57% :Know more: Iran has significant missile capabilities.
53% : Earlier this month, Tehran said it had developed the ability to produce supersonic cruise missiles.
44% : More recently, Tel Aviv-based ClearSky Cyber Security said in May that Iran was likely behind recent cyberattacks on Israeli shipping companies.
40% : Iran said the armed groups also had bases in Europe, but did not provide specific details.
34% :Why it matters: Iran has regularly Israel of being behind sabotage efforts, attacks and other operations in the Islamic Republic.
33% : Iran also blamed Israel as well as the Islamic State for an attack on the Shiite Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz in August.
32% : Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for an uptick in attacks against Israelis on the West Bank.
30% : Israel and Iran have accused one another of carrying cyberattacks on their country's infrastructure in recent years.
29% : - MORTEZA SALEHI/TASNIM NEWS/AFP via Getty ImagesIran blamed Israel for attempting another attack against its infrastructure on Thursday, this time accusing its foe of trying to sabotage its missile production operations.
29% : In 2021, Iran blamed Israel for a cyberattack against the Natanz nuclear facility.

*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.

Copy link