A family spokesperson added: “We are very concerned about the safety of Lindsay and Craig who were still in Evin prison today during the bombing of Tehran.
“The family did manage to speak to them this morning and at that time they were unhurt albeit very alert to, and concerned about the danger around them.”
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper previously dubbed the couple’s sentence “completely appalling and totally unjustifiable”, and vowed the government would “pursue this case relentlessly with the Iranian government until we see Craig and Lindsay Foreman safely returned”.
The shadow foreign secretary, Dame Priti Patel, has condemned the jail term as “disgraceful” and called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “use all available leverage” to secure their release.
The couple’s sentence was confirmed to their families last month.