VOA标准英语2009年-Top Revolutionary Guard Official Wants Mou

The political chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard force says opposition¹ political leaders should be put on trial for inciting² violence during weeks of unrest after Iran's disputed June 12 presidential elections.
　
From left, defeated Iranian presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohammad Khatami

Iran's smoldering³ political rift⁴ is intensifying⁵, after a key figure in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard demanded Iran's top opposition leaders be put on trial for inciting unrest, following the country's disputed June 12 presidential election.

Iran's official news agency (IRNA) reports that Yadollah Javani, the head of the Guard's political bureau, wants opposition leader Mirhossein Moussavi, former President Mohammed Khatami, and defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi to be tried for inciting violence.

Javani accuses the three of trying to engineer what he calls a "velvet⁶ revolution," and says with all the "documentation and irrefutable evidence over the failed coup⁷," that it makes sense that these "key instigators be arrested, tried and punished."

Iran's supreme⁸ leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused "enemies of Iran" of trying to instigate⁹ a "velvet revolution," but has always stopped short of accusing top opposition leaders of involvement in such a coup.

Hundreds of opposition leaders, journalists, professors, and other protesters were jailed during weeks of unrest and dozens have been put on trial during two sessions of a revolutionary court in the past 10 days.

Iran's Press TV showed one defendant¹⁰ from Saturday's trial, Mohammed Reza Zamani, whom it calls a monarchist, reading his alleged¹¹ confession¹² for provoking violence:

He says that his group plotted to carry out bombings and other violence leading to the overthrow¹³ of the Islamic Republic. He also claims he had contacts with an alleged U.S. intelligence operative in Iraq, whom he says gave him a mobile phone.

Meanwhile, the official Iranian News Network, IRINN, says the head of the recently closed Kahrizak detention¹⁴ center has been jailed due to widespread abuse of detainees and at least three deaths.

In an apparent effort to allay¹⁵ public anger over prisoner abuse, Iranian police chief Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam announced the official's arrest:

He says that the director of the Kahrizak detention facility has been fired and sent to jail. He notes that three other policemen at the facility who beat prisoners have also been jailed.

Ahmadi-Moghaddam also admitted some of those arrested during recent unrest were tortured at the Kahrizak jail, which Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered to be shut down for sub-standard treatment of prisoners.

Top opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and former president Mohammed Khatami have repeatedly demanded the immediate¹⁶ release of all detainees, insisting that their confessions¹⁷ were made under duress¹⁸ and therefore were "illegitimate."

1 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。

2 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

3 smoldering   

v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
• The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

4 rift   

n.裂口，隙缝，切口；v.裂开，割开，渗入

参考例句：

• He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
• The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。

5 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

6 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 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。

9 instigate   

v.教唆，怂恿，煽动

参考例句：

• His object was to instigate a little rebellion on the part of the bishop.他的目的是，在主教方面煽起一场小小的造反。
• It would not prove worthwhile to instigate a nuclear attack.挑起核攻击最终是不值得的。

10 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。

11 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

12 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

13 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

14 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。

15 allay   

v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)

参考例句：

• The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
• They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

16 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

17 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18 duress   

n.胁迫

参考例句：

• He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.他说他是被迫在认罪书上签字的。
• These unequal treaties were made under duress.这些不平等条约是在强迫下签订的。