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Financial Times Article Rating

US and Iran begin talks in attempt to avert military clash

Apr 12, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    28% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -16% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Diplomats familiar with the backchannel messaging between the US and Iran -- through Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates -- say one option to improve the prospects of the talks would be for Trump to unlock $6bn of Iranian oil money held in accounts in Doha.
49% : " With Trump yet to name his Iran team, Witkoff -- who is already involved in efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and Washington's bid to secure the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza -- will represent the US.
49% : "They [Iran] want to show they're on relatively equal grounds so they need to demonstrate they've extracted something from Trump," she said.
41% : Another said unfreezing the $6bn would be "critical for trust building". Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and north Africa programme at Chatham House think-tank, said given the scale of the gaps and distrust, much could depend on what incentives Trump may be willing to offer.
33% : The adversaries could not even agree on the format of the negotiations, with Trump saying they would be direct before Iran insisted they would be held indirectly.
30% : " Trump is thought to want a deal that would lead to Iran agreeing to dismantle its uranium enrichment programme, with a US official saying the "goal is to stop and eliminate Iran's nuclear enrichment".
28% : The JCPOA collapsed after Trump, who was deeply critical of the deal, withdrew the US in his first term and imposed hundreds of sanctions on Iran as part of a "maximum pressure" campaign.

*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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