Sep 18, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 9 segments
They were 19 when they took to the streets. They turned 20 behind bars. Now one twin has been sentenced to death — and the other to decades in prison. Taraneh and Romina Rahimi joined Iran’s January…
Fatima Abo AlasrarGuest
Negar MojtahediHost
Masoud NourmohammadiGuest
Shervin ShahrestaniGuest
Azadeh AkbariGuest
Their family says their twin sisters were tortured in detention and forced to confess.
Now their cousin, Masoud Noor Mohammadi, who lives in the United States, says the punishment is continuing inside prison, while he too is being threatened for speaking publicly about their case.
And I just want to say thank you for trusting me as a journalist with your cousin's story.
Master John, I just want to begin with the latest developments with the news.
From the process in the court, there is two things we need to do right now.
One is building an appeal case, which the lawyers are working through that.
They finally, after months of trial, The only thing that is left is on the case is basically their confession.
which we know it was taking on their brutal torture, sexual assault, and threats to rape.
Yes, kids were there, were out, but they did not participate in any type of violence.
However, there is also a complaint that has been filed from lawyers against the sexual assault and torture for those kids.
Their family says their twin sisters were tortured in detention and forced to confess.
Now their cousin, Masoud Noor Mohammadi, who lives in the United States, says the punishment is continuing inside prison, while he too is being threatened for speaking publicly about their case.
And I just want to say thank you for trusting me as a journalist with your cousin's story.
Master John, I just want to begin with the latest developments with the news.
From the process in the court, there is two things we need to do right now.
One is building an appeal case, which the lawyers are working through that.
They finally, after months of trial, The only thing that is left is on the case is basically their confession.
which we know it was taking on their brutal torture, sexual assault, and threats to rape.
Yes, kids were there, were out, but they did not participate in any type of violence.
However, there is also a complaint that has been filed from lawyers against the sexual assault and torture for those kids.
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