Al-Monitor Article Rating

Iran to hang 3 protesters in Isfahan as executions soar

May 18, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    78% Very Conservative

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    78% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    3% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The United Nations said last week that more than 200 people have been executed this year.
45% : The exhibition, held by Anglo-Iranian communities in the UK, marked the World Day against the Death Penalty.
42% : "On average so far this year, over 10 people are put to death each week in Iran, making it one the world's highest executors," UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said in a statement on Tuesday.
39% : Amnesty says Iran is the world's second biggest executioner after China.
38% : An exhibition calling for an end to executions in Iran on Trafalgar Square on October 10, 2020 in London, England.
26% : Local reports collected by the opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran claim that at least 12 people were executed on Wednesday alone across 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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