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Iranian twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were beaten until their faces were badly swollen and bruised, suffered broken elbows, knuckles and feet, and had much of their hair ripped out as they were dragged between prison cells. Taraneh has now been sentenced to death by hanging, while Romina was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The sisters were 19-year-old high-school students when masked IRGC agents dragged them from their bedrooms with bags over their heads after they joined anti-regime protests in Isfahan. Their family was not told where they had been taken, and their mother spent four months searching courts and hospitals before finally seeing them in prison, where she could not recognize her own daughters. Taraneh was threatened that guards would rape Romina in front of her unless she signed a confession. Her lawyers later told the court that her confession had been obtained through torture. No evidence that either sister participated in violence was presented. Their family has not been allowed to see either sister since they were sentenced.