{"id":617839,"date":"2026-06-02T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/617839\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:59:09","slug":"british-couple-jailed-in-iran-have-lost-appeal-against-convictions-family-say-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/617839\/","title":{"rendered":"British couple jailed in Iran have lost appeal against convictions, family say | Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British couple jailed on spying charges in Iran<\/a> have lost an appeal against their convictions, their family has said.<\/p>\n

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, both aged 53, were handed 10-year prison sentences in February after being convicted of espionage, which they deny.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s family, from East Sussex, have claimed they were not permitted to attend their appeal hearing.<\/p>\n

They were jailed after their arrest in January 2025 while travelling through Iran during a round-the-world trip by motorcycle.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Foreman\u2019s son, Joe Bennett, said \u201cthe dial needs to shift\u201d as he explained the pair \u201cdon\u2019t understand the process\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMy mum, Lindsay, and stepdad, Craig, were not permitted to attend their own appeal hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know if they received a proper account of what was argued on their behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know they had been asked to sign documents \u2026 documents they could not read, and they refused, but we don\u2019t know the details of when, or what they were.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir case has now passed to the supreme court, but we don\u2019t understand the process, the timeline, or what, if anything, will be submitted in their name.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s family members said Craig Foreman is on day 25 of a hunger strike and his wife is on day 16 of hers at Tehran\u2019s Evin prison, adding that all communication between them has been cut off by Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n

Bennett said he met officials at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office<\/a> (FCDO) on Monday but left without \u201cclarity on what pressure is being applied to Tehran\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the FCDO said: \u201cWe are disappointed by the appeal decision and will continue working to ensure that Craig and Lindsay are returned safely to the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince their arrest last year, Britain\u2019s ambassador to Tehran, diplomats and officials in London have been working to provide consular assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes the ambassador visiting them in prison and facilitating calls with their family back in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister Falconer last met the family on 18 May and the foreign secretary on 17 March.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth set out to them personally how unjustified and appalling we consider Lindsay and Craig\u2019s incarceration to be, and the action that the UK government is taking to try and secure their release.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FCDO warns all British and British-Iranian nationals not to travel to Iran because of a \u201csignificant risk of arrest, questioning or detention\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A British couple jailed on spying charges in Iran have lost an appeal against their convictions, their family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-617839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}