在1月份的反政府抗议活动中被拘留的伊朗双胞胎姐妹据称在拘留期间遭受了极其残忍的虐待。其中一人被判处死刑，另一人被判处27年监禁。她们的家人正在寻求联合国的干预。
Iranian twin sisters detained during January anti-government protests have allegedly been tortured in custody with unimaginable cruelty. One has been sentenced to death and the other to 27 years in prison. Their family seeks UN intervention.
马兹耶·努尔莫哈马迪（Marzieh Nourmohammadi）花了四个月的时间，在伊斯法罕的医院、政府机关、法院和监狱里四处寻找自己的女儿们，却不知道当时年仅19岁的高中生们是否还活着。
For four months, Marzieh Nourmohammadi searched hospitals, government offices, courts and prisons across Isfahan for her twin daughters, not knowing whether the then 19-year-old high school students were alive.
1月份，这两姐妹与其他近180万人一起参加了反政府抗议活动，随后被戴着面具的男子从家中带走。后来查明这些男子属于伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps）。她们被蒙住眼睛带走，家人根本不知道她们被关在了哪里。
The sisters had been taken from their beds by masked men after joining anti-government protests in Isfahan in January, along with nearly 1.8 crore others. The men were later identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The twins were taken away with bags over their heads and their family was given no explanation about where they had been taken. Months later, a phone call finally came. "We have your girls, come to see them at the prison," the family was told, according to their US-based cousin Masoud Nourmohammadi.
几个月后，终于接到了一个电话：“我们找到了你们的女儿们，来监狱看看她们吧。”她们的在美国的表兄马苏德·努尔莫哈马迪（Masoud Nourmohammadi）告诉家人。
When their mother was finally allowed to see them at Dowlatabad prison in Isfahan in May, she could barely recognise her own children. "She did not recognise her own children," Nourmohammadi said. "She could only tell it was them when they started talking and she recognised their voice".
5月份，当她们的母亲终于被允许前往伊斯法罕的Dowlatabad监狱探望她们时，她几乎无法认出自己的孩子：“她根本认不出自己的女儿们，”努尔莫哈马迪说，“只有当她们开始说话时，她才通过声音认出了她们。”
The sisters' faces were swollen and bruised. Their elbows, knuckles and feet were injured, while patches of hair were missing from their scalps, according to the family's account. Nourmohammadi said guards had allegedly dragged the women from one cell to another by their hair.
据她们的家人描述，姐妹们的脸部肿胀且布满淤青，肘部、指关节和脚部都受了伤，头发也有部分脱落。努尔莫哈马迪称，狱警曾揪着她们的头发将她们从一个牢房拖到另一个牢房。
"They had swollen faces and bodies, broken knuckles and elbows and they didn't even have hair because the guards would drag them by the hair when they were in prison,” he told The Washington Post. Now, the family is facing a still more devastating prospect. Taraneh has been sentenced to death over her participation in the January protests, while Romina has received a 27-year prison sentence.
“她们的脸部和身体都肿胀不堪，指关节和肘部都骨折了；由于狱警经常揪着她们的头发拖拽她们，她们的头发也全部脱落了，”他告诉《华盛顿邮报》（The Washington Post）。
The sisters' family has appealed and has now turned to the United Nations, asking for intervention before Taraneh's execution can be carried out.
如今，这个家庭面临着更加沉重的打击：塔拉内（Taraneh）因参与1月份的抗议活动被判处死刑，而罗米娜（Romina）则被判处27年监禁。
A formal "submission of information" concerning the case was submitted to the UN through its special procedures by British human rights lawyers acting for the family. Such a submission can lead to a formal request by the UN to a member state for an explanation and action if the case is found to involve human rights violations.
姐妹俩的家属已提出上诉，并转向联合国寻求干预，要求在塔拉内赫的死刑得以执行前采取行动。
"Turning to the United Nations is not something I ever wanted to have to do," Nourmohammadi said.
英国人权律师代表家属，通过联合国特别程序提交了一份关于该案件的正式“信息呈送”。如果认定案件涉及侵犯人权，此类呈送可促使联合国正式要求相关成员国作出解释并采取行动。“求助联合国并非我本意，”努尔穆罕默迪说。
"I am simply asking the international community to help ensure that Taraneh and Romina receive the basic rights that every human being is entitled to a fair process, protection from torture and abuse, access to medical care and legal counsel and the right to have their cases genuinely reviewed.
“我只是请求国际社会帮助确保塔拉内赫和罗米娜获得每个人都应享有的基本权利：公正的程序、免受酷刑和虐待的保护、获得医疗救助和法律援助的权利，以及案件得到真正复查的权利。
"Taraneh is facing the death penalty and Romina is facing decades in prison. They are young women who should be thinking about their futures, not whether one sister will be executed and the other will spend the best years of her life behind bars. "They are my family and I will continue to use every peaceful and legal avenue available. I ask the United Nations to stand with them before it is too late – especially for Taraneh," he told The Guardian.
“塔拉内赫面临死刑，罗米娜面临数十年监禁。她们是年轻女性，本该憧憬未来，却不得不担心姐妹之一将被处决，另一位将在狱中度过青春年华。
FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO A PRISON CELL Taraneh and Romina had been students when they joined protests that swept across Iran in January.
“她们是我的家人，我将继续利用一切和平合法的途径。我恳请联合国在为时已晚之前站在她们一边——尤其是为了塔拉内赫，”他对《卫报》表示。
According to their relatives, they took part in demonstrations in Isfahan on January 8 and 9, chanting anti-government slogans around Shohada Square. They had not previously participated in protests, the family says.
从高中到牢房 塔拉内赫和罗米娜在1月加入席卷伊朗的抗议活动时还是学生。
The protests had spread across Iranian cities, with demonstrators calling for political change amid wider economic and social grievances.
据亲属透露，她们于1月8日和9日参加了伊斯法罕的示威活动，在烈士广场周围高呼反政府口号。家属称，她们此前从未参加过抗议。
The twins were among 16 defendants later detained in connection with unrest around Shohada Square. During the protest there, two people died -- a member of the Revolutionary Guard and a homeless man.
抗议活动蔓延至伊朗各地城市，示威者在更广泛的经济和社会不满情绪中呼吁政治变革。
The defendants were accused of involvement in making Molotov cocktails and attacking Iranian security forces. They were also charged with moharebeh, or "waging war against God", a capital offence in Iran.
这对双胞胎是后来因沙希达广场周边骚乱而被拘留的16名被告中的两人。在抗议活动中，两人死亡——一名革命卫队成员和一名流浪汉。
The family disputes the allegations against the sisters and says there was no evidence that either woman had participated in violence.
被告被指控参与制造燃烧瓶并袭击伊朗安全部队。他们还被控以“穆哈里贝”（moharebeh，即“向真主宣战”）罪，这是伊朗的死刑罪名。
In July, the twins and the other defendants were brought before a court set up inside an Isfahan prison. At the end of August, Taraneh was sentenced to death along with nine others.
家属对针对姐妹俩的指控提出异议，并表示没有证据表明这两名女子参与了暴力活动。
"There is no evidence against them and they didn't even let their lawyers read the case until two weeks after they were sentenced. They are just looking for people to hang. All [my cousins] did was protest and chant along with millions. They didn't do anything wrong," Nourmohammadi added.
7月，双胞胎和其他被告被带到设在伊斯法罕监狱内的法庭受审。8月底，塔拉内赫连同其他九人被判处死刑。
"There is no evidence against them and they didn't even let their lawyers read the case until two weeks after they were sentenced. They are just looking for people to hang. All [my cousins] did was protest and chant along with millions. They didn't do anything wrong," Nourmohammadi added.
“针对她们没有任何证据，甚至在判刑两周后才允许律师阅卷。他们只是在找人处以绞刑。我表姐妹所做的只是抗议、高呼口号，和数百万人一样。她们没有做错任何事，”努尔穆罕默迪补充道。
According to human rights activists, before the trial, lawyers for the defendants had not been given access to a substantial portion of the case file and had objected that they had insufficient time to review documents and evidence. Nourmohammadi said the family feared the normal appeal process might not protect Taraneh.
据人权活动人士称，在审判前，被告律师未获准查阅案卷的大部分内容，并提出异议称他们没有足够的时间审查文件和证据。
CONFESSION EXTRACTED THROUGH TORTURE The most disturbing allegations surrounding the case concern how the sisters were treated during their detention.
努尔穆罕默迪表示，家属担心正常的上诉程序可能无法保护塔拉内赫。
According to their family and people familiar with the case, the twins were held separately in solitary confinement. Despite being isolated from each other, they were able to hear each other screaming and crying as they were tortured.
通过酷刑逼供 围绕此案最令人不安的指控涉及姐妹俩在羁押期间的待遇。
According to their family and people familiar with the case, the twins were held separately in solitary confinement. Despite being isolated from each other, they were able to hear each other screaming and crying as they were tortured.
据家属和知情人士透露，双胞胎被分别关押在单独囚室。尽管与彼此隔离，但她们仍能听到对方因遭受酷刑而发出的尖叫和哭声。
The sisters spent their first three months in a detention centre run by the intelligence arm of the IRGC, according reports.
据报道，姐妹俩在革命卫队情报机关运营的一个拘留中心度过了前三个月。
Relatives and lawyers familiar with the case alleged that the torture included severe beatings, psychological abuse and sexual assault. They said the women were made to watch male prisoners being tortured and were tortured separately while being kept close enough to hear one another.
据熟悉案情的亲属和律师指控，酷刑包括严重殴打、心理虐待和性侵犯。他们表示，这些女性被迫观看男囚犯遭受酷刑，并被分别关押在彼此能听到对方声音的距离内单独施刑。家属称，塔拉内遭受了特别严重的伤害。
Taraneh suffered particularly serious injuries, her family says. According to lawyers and relatives, she was repeatedly beaten with a baton on her leg, knee, hand and arm. Her knee, which had previously undergone surgery, was allegedly subjected to deliberate pressure during interrogation.
据律师和亲属透露，她曾多次被警棍殴打腿部、膝盖、手部和手臂。她此前做过手术的膝盖，据称在审讯期间遭到故意施压。“他们折磨她的膝盖、肘部和指关节，”努尔穆罕默迪说。
"They tortured her knee, elbow and knuckles," Nourmohammadi said.
“更过分的是，孩子们（在抗议活动中被捕者）被迫在彼此面前遭受酷刑。他们一个接一个地施刑。他们确保塔拉内能听到罗米娜遭受酷刑时的尖叫声，”他补充道。
"What went beyond even this is that the kids (arrested in the protests) were tortured in front of each other. They would torture one person after another. They made sure that Taraneh could hear Romina's screams while she was being tortured," he added.
母亲声称，狱警威胁如果她拒绝签署供词，就会当着塔拉内的面性侵罗米娜。塔拉内的律师表示，她后来在法庭上称，归因于她的供述是在酷刑下被迫做出的。
Her mother claims prison guards threatened to sexually assault Romina in front of Taraneh if she refused to sign a confession. Lawyers for Taraneh said she later told the court that admissions attributed to her had been extracted under torture.
家属还指控，姐妹俩在羁押期间遭受了性虐待。塔拉内因狱方惩罚被剥夺正常膳食，只能吃其他囚犯的剩饭剩菜。
The family also alleges that the sisters were subjected to sexual abuse while in detention. Taraneh was punished by prison staff by being denied normal meals and being given leftovers from other prisoners.
家属向法新社表示：“有人对她说，‘你怎么死都无所谓，反正你会被绞死的’，形容这是持续不断的肉体和精神折磨。
"She was told, 'It does not matter how you die, you will be hanged anyway', her family told news agency AFP, describing what he said was continuing physical and psychological torture.
对母亲马尔齐耶来说，这场噩梦的开始不是法庭或死刑判决，而是疯狂寻找两个凭空消失的女儿。她独自抚养大了这对双胞胎姐妹。
For their mother Marzieh, the case began not with a courtroom or a death sentence, but with a frantic search for two daughters who had simply disappeared. She had raised the twins alone.
姐妹俩被带走后，母亲辗转医院、法院和政府机关试图寻找她们。家人不知道她们被关押在何处。而当在监狱重逢时，对她来说是毁灭性的打击。
After the sisters were taken, their mother went from hospitals to courts and government offices trying to find them. The family did not know where they were being held. And when the reunion happened in prison, it was devastating for her.
在被捕之前，姐妹俩的生活与她们如今面临截然不同命运的牢房相去甚远。
Before their arrest, the sisters' lives were far removed from the prison cells where they now face dramatically different futures.
努尔穆罕默迪形容塔拉内心地善良、是一名运动员，且对马术有着深厚的热爱。她曾参加过马术比赛、训练过马匹，并梦想着将来能开设自己的马术训练中心或马厩。与此同时，表亲形容罗米娜极其独立、勇敢且聪慧。
Nourmohammadi described Taraneh as kind-hearted, an athlete and someone deeply passionate about horses. She rode competitively and trained horses and dreamed of eventually opening her own horse-training centre or stable. Romina, meanwhile, was described by her cousin as fiercely independent, brave and intelligent.
姐妹俩曾在烈士广场附近的一家鞋店兼职，那里正是抗议活动爆发的区域。
The sisters had worked part-time at a shoe shop near Shohada Square, the area where the protests erupted.
她们的生活折射出许多寻求更大自由的伊朗年轻人的愿望。罗米娜对时尚感兴趣，染了挑染发色，经常不戴头巾。她还在社交媒体上发布过吸烟的内容。
Their lives reflected the aspirations of many young Iranians seeking greater freedom. Romina was interested in fashion, had bleached streaks in her hair and often wore it uncovered. She also posted about smoking on social media.
努尔穆罕默迪认为，塔拉内所受判决的严厉程度，不仅意在惩罚这名年轻女性，更是为了向其他可能抗议的人发出警告。他指责伊朗当局利用他的表亲姐妹制造恐惧，因为政府持续镇压异见。
Nourmohammadi believes the severity of Taraneh's sentence is intended not only to punish the young woman but also to send a warning to others who might protest. He accused the Iranian authorities of using his cousins to instil fear as the government continues its crackdown on dissent.
家人现在正等待上诉程序，同时担心塔拉内的死刑可能在上诉完成前就被执行。
The family now waits for the appeal process while fearing that Taranehs execution could be carried out before it is completed.