伊朗的文化(2/2)-英语听力

[00:00.80]On January 10th, [00:02.24] well-known literary translator Mohammad Soleimaninya was reportedly arrested after security guards searched his house and confiscated electronic devices and documents. [00:13.39]His current whereabouts are unknown. [00:15.88] Also, in mid-January, [00:17.36]authorities arrested a prominent singer, [00:19.88]Ghalib Manabi Salehi, and his brother Hassan, from their home in Ahwaz, [00:25.21]a city whose residents are predominantly from the Arab minority. [00:29.45]Their whereabouts are also unknown at this time. [00:32.66]It is not only living artists that the Iranian regime seeks to muzzle. [00:36.60] In August, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance refused a publishing house permission to reprint one of Iran's classic epic poems, [00:45.38] "Khosrow and Shirin" by Nezami Ganjavi. [00:49.57]Renowned contemporary Iranian poet Simin Behbahani noted that the poem has existed for nine centuries, [00:56.24] and no one before this thought parts of it should be censored. [00:59.40]would be left [of it] by now," she said. [01:04.67]"Those who talk about censoring the poem should be ashamed." [01:06.13]The Iranian people, as President Barack Obama has said, [01:09.27]have a great and storied history and culture. [01:11.83]Instead of supporting this proud tradition, the Iranian regime seeks to stifle the people's creativity.