Iran Cuts Off British Couple's Contact for 1 Week as Espionage Detainees Threaten Hunger Strike
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Updated · BBC.com · May 13
Iran Cuts Off British Couple's Contact for 1 Week as Espionage Detainees Threaten Hunger Strike
12 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 13
More than a week of silence has left Lindsay and Craig Foreman's family unable to confirm whether the British couple are safe in an Iranian prison.
Early May phone access was allegedly cut after the pair gave a media interview, the family said, despite earlier written assurances that they could contact relatives and see each other.
Craig Foreman had warned that if calls were stopped, he and his wife might stop eating; the family said they do not know whether a new hunger strike has begun or whether the couple have been separated or put in solitary confinement.
The Foremans were arrested in January 2025 during a round-the-world motorcycle trip on suspicion of espionage, an accusation they deny, and they had already staged a hunger strike in November 2025 to draw attention to their case.
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