VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi F

By Edward Yeranian
Cairo
13 October 2009
 
Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, talks with media during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, 09 Jun 2009
Tehran's prosecutor¹ says an investigation² is under way into charges by Iranian opposition³ leader Mehdi Karroubi that detainees in a government detention⁴ center were raped⁶.  A judiciary panel investigating the matter has dismissed the rape⁵ claim.

Iran's official Press TV says opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is under scrutiny⁷ for "making false allegations" over claims detainees were raped at a government detention center.

Iran's ILNA news agency, quoting prosecutor Jaffari Dolatabadi, reports any charges against Karroubi would be tried by a special clerical court, since he is a Shi'ite clergyman.

A special judiciary panel, which was set up to investigate Karroubi's charges that a handful of protesters being held at Kahrizak detention center were raped, asserted last month that the accusations⁸ were false.

"These accusations," it wrote, "have been made without any proof, and all the documents given by Karroubi are without foundation." "The allegations," it went on, "were aimed at misleading public opinion."

Iran's top police chief Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam told the press, last week, that "no evidence has emerged to show that prisoners were raped at Kahrizak."

The center was closed in August upon the order of Supreme⁹ Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after repeated accusations of abuse and mistreatment of prisoners at Kahrizak. A number of officials at the prison were also suspended and are awaiting trial in the case.

Opposition leader Karroubi first raised the issue of rape and torture of detainees in his newspaper Etemad Melli and on its Web site in August. His newspaper was closed down and its offices raided in the wake of the allegations.

Iranian film-maker Reza Allamehzadeh, who lives in exile in Holland, interviewed a young man [Ibrahim Sharify] who explained how he had been raped and tortured at Kahrizak.

He says that Ibrahim Sharify [who confesses to having been raped in the interview] is living proof before you that rape and torture exist in the Islamic Republic, today.

Reza Moini of Reporters Without Borders in Paris notes the entire subject of rape in Iranian prisons has been silenced, causing the official ire at Karroubi for repeatedly raising the issue.

He says that the case [of Ibrahim Sharify] was first raised by Karroubi and the Iranian press has been unable to discuss the issue because of the government position that no rapes¹⁰ took place, and that is why they are attacking [Karroubi]. He adds this is also why his newspaper, Etemad Melli, was shut down.

Karroubi's repeated insistence¹¹ that rape, torture and other abuses took place in government detention centers, including a letter by his son to the head of Iranian government TV, have roused the ire of hardliners, who demand that he be prosecuted¹².

1 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

6 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

7 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

8 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

9 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

10 rapes   

n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 )；强奸罪；强奸案；肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的第三人称单数 )；强奸

参考例句：

• The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
• The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网

11 insistence   

n.坚持；强调；坚决主张

参考例句：

• They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
• His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。

12 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。