《中英對照讀新聞》Iranian killed for talking with his wife in public大庭廣眾與妻說話 伊朗男子慘遭殺害

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An Iranian university student talking with his wife at a bus stop was murdered by another student upset over a public conversation between the sexes, the ISNA student news agency reported.

伊朗學生通訊社（ISNA）報導，一名在巴士站與妻子說話的伊朗大學生，遭另一名對兩性公開交談十分反感的學生殺害。

The man was killed in the northeastern town of Sabzevar, where his death prompted a protest march by students, ISNA said.

ISNA指出，這名男子在東北城鎮薩澤瓦被殺身亡，他的死在當地激起學生遊行抗議。

"The murderer questioned the couple over their relationship, which led to a violent scuffle, and the murderer stabbed his victim with a knife," said the Office for the Consolidation of Unity, a reformist student group.

「兇手質問這對夫妻他們的關係，引發激烈扭打，兇手並以刀刺殺受害者，」改革派學生組織「團結聯合」辦公室說。

The man later told police that he "had acted because his religious sensibilities were injured by seeing a young man and a young woman talking in public," the statement added.

該組織的聲明又說，兇手稍後告訴警方，「他的宗教感情因目睹年輕男女公開談話而受到傷害，所以才犯案」。

Reza Monajati, security chief at the teacher training university in Sabzevar, denied Internet reports that the murderer was a member of the Basij, an officially sponsored hardline youth militia.

薩澤瓦教師培育大學的駐警隊長孟納亞提否認兇手是「伊朗伊斯蘭武裝動員隊」（Basij）成員的網路報導，該組織是官方資助的強硬派青年民兵團體。

There have been a number of murders in recent years by hardline Muslim youths claiming to have been offended by the "anti-Islamic" behavior of their victims.

強硬派穆斯林青年近年犯下數起謀殺案，他們宣稱受害者「反伊斯蘭」的行為冒犯了他們。

新聞辭典

prompt：促使、激起、引發。例句︰He was prompted by patriotism. （他受愛國心驅使。）

sensibility：感情、感覺。Sense and Sensibility，英國小說家珍．奧斯汀的名著「理性與感性」

militia：民兵部隊、義勇軍、國民兵。