One of the Iranian conjoined twins separated during a major operation today has died, a hospital spokesman has confirmed.

EVEN after spending their lives on a quest to be separated, 29-year-old Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani have told friends that they dream of travelling the world together if a high-risk operation succeeds.

Neurosurgeons performing a dangerous operation to separate Iranian sisters joined at the head grappled today with rerouting a vein as thick as a finger that helps blood flow through the twins’ brains.

A pair of 29-year-old Iranian twin sisters who are joined at the head began a marathon operation today that could finally separate them – or kill them.

Ladan and Laleh Bijani, 29-year-old Iranian twins born joined at the head, will walk into a Singapore operating room on Sunday and sit down for separation surgery that is expected to last days and could kill one or both of them.

LALEH BIJANI wants her sister Ladan’s face to be the first thing she sees after surgeons complete a historic operation next month to separate the twins who were born joined at the head.

Laleh Bijani wants her sister Ladan’s face to be the first thing she sees after surgeons complete a historic operation next month to separate the twins who were born joined at the head.

Siamese twins joined at the head left Iran for Singapore today for medical tests and possible surgery to separate them after 28 years of shared life.