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'I was in Iran's police - then joined protesters'

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63% Informative

Omid Moradi was a member of the Special Task Forces unit of the Iranian police, tasked with supressing protests.

But, conflicted by what he saw, he switched sides and joined anti-government protesters.

He later defected and fled Iran and is now applying for asylum in Germany .

VR Score

65

Informative language

64

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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