UK – Mirror, Aug. 29, 2025
The son of a British couple locked up in Iran has spoken of his terror after they were suddenly hauled before a court “out of the blue” this week
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, from East Sussex, were on a dream motorcycle world tour when they were arrested earlier this year on trumped-up espionage charges in Iran.
Lindsay is being held in the notorious Qarchak women’s prison, which Iran Human Rights says “disregards the most basic principles of human dignity”. Craig is in Evin jail, where he has not been seen in more than three months.
Today, Lindsay’s son Joe Bennett, 31, told the Mirror he was left “anxious and shaken” when he learned his mum and stepdad had been taken to a court hearing on Wednesday with no notice, and the family still has no idea what happened inside the courtroom.
Joe said: “My first reaction was fear. It was unannounced, completely out of the blue, and we still don’t know what happened. Right now, as a family, we’re anxious and shaken. We’re holding onto each other, but it’s very hard not to think the worst.”
Joe said the British government also seems to be in the dark. “What makes it worse is that even the Foreign Office didn’t know this was happening. That leaves us in the dark, worried sick, because if we don’t know what’s going on, then there’s no way to prepare or even understand what’s coming next.”
