Al Jazeera Article Rating

Iran rejects UN rights chief's 'accusations' over water protests

Jul 24, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -82% Very Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    82% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday told Iran to address the chronic water shortage in Khuzestan instead of cracking down on protesters.
31% : Human rights groups abroad have accused Iran of using unlawful and excessive force to quell the Khuzestan protests and have cited a higher death toll than that reported by Iranian media.
30% : Iran on Saturday rejected "false accusations" by the UN rights chief on protests over water shortages in the country's southwest, where at least four people have been killed since last week.

*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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