Al-Monitor Article Rating

Iranian senior cleric Soleimani killed in attack

Apr 26, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    70% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    15% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    70% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Why it matters: Anti-cleric sentiment is high in Iran amid the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.
39% : The Associated Press reported that Soleimani was shot and that Soleimani had also served on Iran's Assembly of Experts, the council that appoints the supreme leader of the country.
37% : The shooting occurred as anti-clerical sentiments are high in Iran amid the popular protests, but the motive behind the attack is not yet known.
37% : A high-ranking Shiite religious official was killed in Iran on Wednesday.

*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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