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1979 Iran hostage: When will America finally keep its promises and honor our sacrifice?

Aug 14, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -2% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    90% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -37% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The steady news reporting of prisoner releases and rapprochement prospects with Iran vividly reminds us of the pain of the past.
43% : We watch with anger as US officials ignore their debt to us while negotiating sanctions relief for the Government of Iran that held us captive.
43% : Meanwhile, we watch with incredulity and anger as American officials negotiate sanctions relief for the Government of Iran that held us captive, while ignoring the unpaid debt to their own citizens.
43% : Their pledges to protect and defend the rights of those Americans currently held prisoner in Iran ring hollow as long as they turn a deaf ear to our pleas and ignore the open wound that still festers.
40% : And indirect talks are ongoing between the U.S. and Iranian governments about the release of four Americans currently imprisoned in Tehran.
38% : There's lots of news reporting these days about Iran taking American citizens prisoner.
34% : On July 13, the U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced conspiracy charges against members of the Iranian intelligence services for plotting to kidnap an Iranian American journalist from New York City for rendition to Iran.
26% : The Biden administration has pledged that any nuclear deal with Iran would include the release of these innocent American hostages.
24% : No military solution: Biden can end 'forever wars' only if he scraps Trump policies and pursues peace with 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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