Metro UK Article Rating

Young Iranian couple who danced in 'Freedom Square' are jailed for 10 years

  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : A court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in jail, as well as bans on using the Internet and crossing the border, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said.
40% : Protests erupted in Iran after the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, 22, while in custody of the morality police.
36% : This romantic video - seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime in Iran - has led to the couple being sentences to more than 10 years in prison.

*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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