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Fireworks and 'Death to the dictator': Iranians assess the Revolution, 44 years on

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    -58% Medium Liberal

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    50% ReliableFair

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    -58% Medium Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : "I'm very proud to be a woman in Iran and living in Tehran in an Islamic country, and I'm very happy," Fatemah said.
62% : The message from Iran's leaders: Everything is under control, and Iran is united.
60% : "I'm definitely here to support Iran and I'm definitely here to tell the government that we need to do some serious changes, especially when it comes to the economy," he said.
56% : Even though he's critical of the government, especially the treatment of Mahsa Amini, he said it was important that Iran is independent and sovereign.
54% : Mortaza, a 63-year-old university professor, joined the celebrations in Tehran on Saturday.
53% : Fresh posters went up with the faces of Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei, the first and current supreme leaders of Iran, respectively.
49% : Seyed, a 33-year-old man who was born in Iran, but spent most of his life abroad in English-speaking countries, said the economy is the reason why he decided to join the rally.
49% : "What is important is Iran and the Islamic Revolution, born with the blood of the martyrs."
48% : Supporters of the 1979 revolution hoped to bring a democratic system back to Iran.
45% : Even at the Revolution Day rally in Tehran, people who supported the regime expressed grievances against particular policies.
45% : And there are mixed feelings from women in Iran.
42% : She wore a black chador -- an open cloak worn by many conservative women in Iran.
41% : The moment demonstrated the divisions playing out in Iran, five months after the death of Mahsa Amini.

*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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