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Outrage as Iran executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

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Summary
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65% Informative

Iran executes 69-year-old German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd after years in captivity.

Germany calls the execution a "scandal" and warns of "serious consequences" for Iran 's "inhumane regime" Iran carries out the second highest number of executions worldwide per year after China .

Human rights groups accuse Iran of using capital punishment as a tool to instill fear in society.

VR Score

69

Informative language

70

Neutral language

47

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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