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A doctor in Iran is sentenced to death for participating in an antigovernment protest

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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Hassan Hassanlou about his brother, Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, a doctor in Iran who was sentenced to death by the Iranian government after he attended a demonstration².

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Iran has started executing prisoners accused of taking part in anti-government protests. This morning, we hear the story of one man sentenced to death. Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou is a 53-year-old doctor. He and his wife Farzaneh attended a demonstration and were arrested. She was sentenced to 25 years of solitary³ confinement⁴. MORNING EDITION host Steve Inskeep spoke⁵ with Hamid's brother, Hassan Hassanlou, who lives in the Netherlands.

HASSAN HASSANLOU: To give a good picture, I need to go back maybe 30 years. When my father passed away, I was 9 years old. I was the last kid. And my brother was the first kid in the family of five siblings⁶. That means for him that he need to stood up to support the family. He was studying to be a general doctor, and he was planning to take - continue his study. But he decided⁷ not to do it, to support the family. And the first thing that I can say about my brother, that he's supportive, supportive of close family and supportive of the society as well. I'm not calling it he's rich in terms of the monetary⁸ value, but he's rich in terms of what he has to offer to the people, like building up a few schools in underprivileged areas in Iran, of course with the help of other colleagues, visiting the people that cannot afford going to the doctor for free and supporting a few underprivileged family.

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE⁹: How did he come to the attention of the authorities?

HASSANLOU: He was, as I said, caring about the society. He participated in a demonstration. You know, in Iran, for some cultural reasons, we go to the place of family when somebody die after about 40 days.

INSKEEP: Forty days later, you mourn someone. You gather to mourn them.

HASSANLOU: Yes. Yes. And there was a girl called Hadis Najafi, killed because of, again, this demonstration that is going on. And for her 40th day, there was supposed to be a nonviolent demonstration, again, to mourn that and to respect their family. And he and his wife participated in that, but because of some Basij forces, it's become violent in a way.

INSKEEP: I think we should explain for Americans, when you said Basij, we're talking about militia¹⁰ forces that are throughout Iran that support the government. And your understanding is there was some conflict between them and the protesters.

HASSANLOU: Yes, that's true. So at the end, the Basij members actually died. And because of that, they took about 15 different people to the prison so far, and 5 out of those 15 people was sentenced to death. During the investigation¹¹, he was tortured. Four ribs¹² was broken, and one of the ribs caused the left lung to have bleeding. And he was admitted to the hospital after about two weeks after that incident. And so far, he had three operation to suck out the blood in his lung because his left lung was actually not functioning. And we are not sure if it's treated now, but it was as a result of those torturing during the investigation.

INSKEEP: Given his condition, was he able to attend his own trial?

HASSANLOU: From the doctor point of view, no, he was not able, and he was not conscious enough to attend it. But they forced him.

INSKEEP: As best you could learn, what was that trial like?

HASSANLOU: So he didn't have a lawyer that we can suggest. It was a lawyer that the government chose for him. And even the lawyer was against him during the trial and was asking him to confess on something he didn't do, to confess that he was one of the causes of that Basij deaths.

INSKEEP: Does he have any opportunity to appeal the death sentence?

HASSANLOU: It is something that is ongoing¹³ at the moment. It's not finalized¹⁴. But we hope that we can change the decision.

INSKEEP: When your family is able to communicate by phone or otherwise with him, what do they hear from him about his condition or his state of mind?

HASSANLOU: It's hard for me to talk about it. I would say his state of mind is not in a good situation. Just imagine you had three hard operations, and you sentenced to death for nothing. But I'm sure he's strong, as much as strong that he didn't confess any false confession¹⁵. And I'm pretty sure that he would stay strong, and he would come back to the family.

INSKEEP: What kind of a conversation is going on from country to country, in your family, as you watch this happen and try to think about what to do?

HASSANLOU: It's completely unfortunate. But it, in a way, made us united in different countries to just broadcast whatever that is going on over there to everyone to understand this injustice¹⁶ that is going on in Iran, not just for my brother but anyone.

INSKEEP: Hassan Hassanlou, thank you very much for the time.

HASSANLOU: You're welcome.

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FADEL: That was our colleague Steve Inskeep speaking with Hassan Hassanlou. His brother has been sentenced to death in Iran.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

3 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

4 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

9 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

10 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。

11 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。

12 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

13 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

14 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 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。

16 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。