【标准美音社论】美宣布制裁伊朗情报部(1/2)

英语自学网

【标准美音社论】每天一次，是标准美音每天对东亚区广播的最后一个节目，每天22:55(BST)播出，每次三至五分钟，通常是对当天某一重大事件表态或提出问题，或号召对某事采取行动或对某一新闻人物进行褒贬。
【标准美音 Editorial】03-05-2012
A Bad Actor Sanctioned By The U.S.   

20120307120758986_105_o55.jpg

Photo: AP
.
【标准美音社论】节目单订阅>>>>

sub_255.gif

编辑：清泷夜心
HINTS：
Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security
Iran
MOIS
U.S. Treasury and State Departments
Intelligence Ministry
al-Qaida
Hezbollah
Hamas
Treasury Department
Syrian
Ward 209 of Evin Prison
Baha'i
Bashar al AssadA bad actor in the Middle East was recently sanctioned by the United States: the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Iran's primary intelligence organization, known as the MOIS.
MOIS was designated for three reasons, as the U.S. Treasury and State Departments explained in separate statements: the Intelligence Ministry's support for terrorist groups, including al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas; its support for the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad in its brutal crackdown on the Syrian people; and for its central role in perpetrating human rights abuses against the citizens of Iran.
The Treasury Department noted that following the June 2009 elections in Iran, it was the MOIS which was responsible for the beatings, sexual abuse, prolonged interrogations and coerced confessions of political prisoners which occurred in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, which the MOIS controls.  The Treasury Department said the MOIS is known to have used abhorrent methods of interrogations like mock executions and sexual violence. It also noted that MOIS agents have arrested and detained members of the Baha'i religion without charges.