VOA标准英语2009-Iranian Reformist Calls for Mass Rally Thurs

Defeated popular-reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is calling for his supporters to remain peaceful during demonstrations¹ to show solidarity² with those who were killed in violence during the past several days.
　
In this frame grab taken from amateur video, supporters of Iranian reformist opposition³ leader Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran, 16 June 2009

Mousavi and his supporters accuse the government of rigging the June 12 election to declare hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the overwhelming winner. Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is calling, on his Web site, for his supporters to remain peaceful during demonstrations against disputed election results and violence against his followers⁴.

Information exchanged on social websites

Followers of the defeated presidential candidate have been exchanging information about demonstrations and the presence of police in certain locations, on both the Facebook Web site and Twitter, despite government attempts to block those sites.

Iran's most powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guards, is demanding Iranian Web sites or bloggers remove any postings that "sow tension" or face legal action.

Students attacked

Iran's government-controlled Basij militia⁵ also reportedly attacked students, overnight, in a number of cities. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called for an investigation⁶ into attacks by Interior Ministry⁷ forces on student dormitories in Tehran, according Iran's official Press TV.

Images posted on the Internet showed baton-wielding masked men dressed in black and carrying flashlights, apparently⁸ raiding a student dormitory, under the cover of darkness, breaking windows and attacking screaming students.

"We will not be cowed," wrote one student, on Mousavi's Facebook support site, "We want to be free like the rest of the world."

Mousavi supporters arrested

The government crackdown against Mousavi supporters continued late Tuesday with arrests of student organizers, according to news reports.

Images and video of protesters clogging⁹ the streets of Tehran were also posted on Mousavi's Web site, showing young people covered in blood.

One teenage boy screamed in pain after being shot in the arm, amid a volley of gunfire. Other students can be seen running for cover. Spots of blood also cover the ground.

Another video shows a Tehran square jammed Tuesday with Mousavi demonstrators shouting and screaming as a blood-stained protester is carried away.

Election results contested

Mousavi and his supporters accuse the government of rigging the June 12 election to declare President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner.

Earlier Tuesday, Iran's Supreme¹⁰ Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Mr. Mousavi should pursue his demands through the country's electoral system and Iranians must unite behind their Islamic government.

The Iranian government is clamping down on foreign media coverage¹¹ of demonstrations by imposing¹² severe restrictions¹³. Journalists have been told to obtain permission before covering stories and not to report on unauthorized demonstrations.

Iranian government TV continues to broadcast images of what it is calling "random¹⁴ acts of violence," by "unruly mobs." President Ahmedinejad, who was proclaimed winner of Friday's poll with 63 percent of the vote, was shown on government TV attending an international conference in Moscow.

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

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 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

5 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

6 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。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

10 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。

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

12 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

13 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

14 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。