VOA慢速英语 哈梅内伊称伊朗选举抗议活动必须结束

　　He denounced what he called interference by foreign powers. The crowd shouted "death to America" and "death to Britain."

　　The speech followed days of protests by hundreds of thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

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　　The protests in Tehran and other cities have been the worst unrest in Iran since the Islamic revolution thirty years ago.

　　Iran's Guardian Council -- which supervises elections -- has offered to recount some votes and investigate complaints of wrongdoing.

　　But the government this week arrested many opposition members, activists and journalists. On Friday, European Union leaders urged the government to permit all citizens the right to assemble and express themselves peacefully.

　　Iran banned foreign media coverage of the protests. News agencies have depended heavily on information and images sent by Iranians using social media like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Young people especially are finding ways to get around Internet blocking.

　　On Friday, Facebook announced it is making its Web site available in the Farsi language. Google also has a new Farsi translating tool. And Twitter, at the request of the State Department, delayed a planned shutdown of its service for maintenance.

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