UK – Mirror, May 30, 2025
Craig and Lindsay Foreman have spent nearly 150 days in prison held on unspecified spying charges, with Iran accusing them of “posing as tourists” to gather intelligence.
The family of a British husband and wife held captive in Iran over spying charges have written desperate letters to her but received no response.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were taken into custody while motorbiking across the country after being warned by the Foreign Office and their family not to visit because of the dangers posed by the rogue state.
The couple, in their 50s, were held in January on unspecified spying charges, with Iran accusing them of “posing as tourists” to gather intelligence.
Now, as they have spent nearly 150 days in prison, it has emerged the Foreign Office has been supporting Craig, a carpenter and Dr Foreman, a life coach.
Lindsay’s son Toby spoke for the first time about the heartache the family faced. He said Foreign Office officials visited his mother on Tuesday.
He told the Mirror: “There was a visit yesterday day. Someone from the Foreign Office, checking if she’s okay. We have been able to pass on a message to the Foreign Office, everyone wrote a letter to give them to them, but we don’t know what they received.
“We just don’t want to make things worse. We’re waiting to see if anything big happens over the next few months.”
