UK – Mirror, Apr. 24, 2026
British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman are serving 10 years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, where son Joe Bennett tells the Mirror his step-dad’s health is failing
The son of a Brit dad detained on espionage charges in Iran fears he could die after suffering a serious medical complication.
Craig Foreman and his wife Lindsay, from East Sussex, are 15 months into a 10-year sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after being convicted on espionage charges in a ‘sham trial’ on February 17, where they were not allowed a defence.
Psychologist Lindsay and carpenter Craig were travelling on motorbikes across the world on a trip of a lifetime when they were arrested. Contact with their families ceased and for months their loved ones had no idea if they were dead or alive.
Since then, Lindsay’s sons, Joe Bennett, 31, and Toby Rutland, 19, and Craig’s children Kieran, 27, and Chelsea Foreman, 30, have campaigned tirelessly for their release. Iran has been accused of holding the couple to use as bargaining chips with the West.
Amid heightened tensions, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has advised there is a “very high risk of arrest, questioning and detention for British nationals and British-Iranian dual nationals” and warns against all travel to the country.
Now Joe, from Folkestone in Kent, tells The Mirror that his step-dad’s health has taken a dangerous turn and that, without treatment, his life could be in danger.
