In the early weeks of 2026, two teenage sisters in Isfahan joined millions of Iranians in the streets, and within months found themselves swallowed by a system that transforms ordinary presence into capital crime. Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, 19-year-old twins with no history of protest, were taken from their beds by masked agents, tortured into confession, and sentenced — one to death, one to a quarter century of imprisonment — not because the law demanded it, but because fear, it seems, was the intended verdict all along. Their case is not an aberration in Iran's 2026 judicial landscape but a
Twin sisters face death sentence and 25-year term for Iran protest participation
Twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi face death sentence and 25-year imprisonment; Taraneh sentenced to death by hanging, both tortured with broken bones, hair torn out, and faces severely bruised during detention.