Detention of Craig and Lindsay Foreman

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman are a British couple who were detained in Iran on charges of espionage in January 2025. On 19 February 2026, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced them to 10 years in prison. As of 3 June 2026, they are still in prison. Craig Foreman, a carpenter, and Dr Lindsay Foreman, a life coach with a doctorate in psychology, moved from the UK to Spain after Brexit. They appeared in episode 17 of series 7 of Channel 4's reality TV series A New Life in the Sun in 2022. In 2024, they set off to travel by motorcycle to Australia, where Dr Foreman was due to present at a conference on positive psychology in Brisbane in July 2025. She was reportedly carrying out her research project during their journey around the world, asking people what it means to be human and what constitutes a good life. They entered Iran from Armenia on 30 December 2024, with plans to traverse the country and reach Pakistan by 4 January, despite official Foreign Office advice against all travel to Iran...

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