Amir Soltanzadeh

Writing for Deutsche Welle (English), Western Mainstream.

12 scored articles in the last 180 days, each topic set against Deutsche Welle (English)'s own median on the same topic. A topic appears here once 10 of their articles have been scored under the weights now in use.

Updated 22 Oct, 18:41 UTC.

Iran

4.0Byline score, out of 10

12 articles scored. The band shows the middle half of their article scores, and the tick is the median.

Deutsche Welle (English) median
1.7
Above Deutsche Welle (English)'s median
+2.3
Desk headline score
4.8

2.3 above Deutsche Welle (English)'s own median on this topic. Measures anti-Iran framing in Iran coverage. 0 means none detected, 10 means severe. Headline framing is left out of the byline score and shown separately, because subeditors write headlines, not reporters.

The articles behind the number

Every scored Iran article under this byline in the window, newest first. The score on each row is that article's full composite, headline included, which is the number its own page shows; the median above excludes headline framing.

  1. 22 Oct 2026Trump has threatened to escalate his Iran war after the US midterm election. Is Tehran prepared for that?Scored 4.0
  2. 21 Oct 2026US sanctions target Iran's rail sector as Tehran shifts cargo from sea routes to overland corridorsScored 0.0
  3. 28 Sept 2026US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry make travel less predictable as countries cancel flightsScored 5.0
  4. 14 Sept 2026Can Iran replace sea trade with land routes?Scored 5.8
  5. 02 Sept 2026Iranian students in limbo as sanctions halt GRE, TOEFL testsScored 4.9
  6. 01 Sept 2026War and sanctions deepen Iran's fuel crisisScored 0.0
  7. 01 Sept 2026Iran fuel crisis deepens amid war and sanctionsScored 0.0
  8. 25 Aug 2026Will Iran withdraw from nuclear non-proliferation treaty?Scored 0.8
  9. 25 Aug 2026Can new US sanctions cripple Iran's shadow economy?Scored 5.0
  10. 25 Aug 2026Can new US sanctions cripple Iran's shadow economy?Scored 3.3
  11. 29 Jul 2026Iran signals gas price hike as fuel crisis looms Scored 3.9
  12. 23 Jul 2026US strikes on southern Iran infrastructure widen war Scored 4.0

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