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Iran sentences British couple to 10 years in prison on espionage claims
2026-02-20
Endless idiots offer themselves up.
[IsraelTimes] Tourists Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, have been held since January 2025; UK blasts ‘appalling and totally unjustifiable’ sentences

A British couple detained in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
since January 2025 have been sentenced to 10 years in jail for espionage, their family announced on Thursday, prompting condemnation from the UK government.

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, were arrested while traveling through the country on an around-the-world cycle of violence journey,
…with somehow not the slightest inkling that beyond the borders of the West they have no rights or protections whatsoever….
according to relatives, and have consistently denied Tehran’s spying claims.

Their family says the sentences follow a court appearance last October that lasted just three hours and in which they were not allowed to present any defense.

"They have consistently denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
We have seen no evidence to support the charge of espionage," their son Joe Bennett said in a statement revealing the jail terms.

"We are deeply concerned about their welfare and about the lack of transparency in the judicial process."

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper hit out at the sentences, calling them "completely appalling and totally unjustifiable."

'IT'S HELL ON EARTH'
British couple Lindsay & Craig Foreman, who were detained in Iran whilst on a motorcycling trip, accused of espionage, have been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

"We will pursue this case relentlessly with the Iranian government until we see Craig and Lindsay Foreman safely returned to the UK and reunited with their family," she said in a statement.

"In the meantime, their welfare is our priority and we will continue to provide consular assistance to them and their families," Cooper added.

The couple were first detained as they passed through Kerman, in central Iran, while on the round-the-world cycle of violence trip.

Tehran has insisted they are spies, with Iran’s judiciary front man Asghar Jahangir last year alleging that the Foremans entered Iran "posing as tourists" and gathered information before their arrest.

Lindsay Foreman is currently being held in the women’s section of Evin Prison in Tehran, while Craig is in its political wing.

The prison has long been criticized by international human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
organizations for its dire conditions and treatment of prisoners.

Their family has raised concerns about conditions, including cramped cells and a lack of food, as well as a lack of legal representation, and urged the British government to secure their freedom.

Bennett has said the couple was "caught in the middle" of geopolitical tensions between Tehran and other Western countries, most notably the United States, as well as "very difficult" UK-Iran relations.
Yes. Which is why it’s a really, really dumb idea to go wandering around there, just because it’s pretty and historic, and of course terribly inexpensive in the usual Third World way — not to mention that bit between here and there that has to be got through somehow.
He and other relatives have been campaigning publicly on the case ever since their arrests.

They marked the one-year anniversary of the detentions by handing in a petition to Downing Street signed by tens of thousands of people urging the British government to do more to free them.
Related:
Craig Foreman 02/20/2025 Iran alleges US, Israel-linked intelligence networks uncovered

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