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The \u201cterrified\u201d family of a British couple jailed for 10 years in Iran on spying charges say they have lost all contact with them.<\/p>\n
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 53, were arrested in January 2025 while travelling through Iran during an around-the-world trip by motorcycle.<\/p>\n
The couple, from East Sussex, are being held in Tehran\u2019s Evin prison and sentenced on espionage charges, which they deny.<\/p>\n
Their family fears the couple\u2019s telephone access, their only means of contact with the outside world, has been cut off as payback for speaking out about their detention.<\/p>\n
Their son Joe Bennett said: \u201cWe simply do not know if my mum and Craig are safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cCraig told us that they might have to stop eating if their calls were taken away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not spoken to my mum for over a week now.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day of silence makes it worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know what is happening to them and we are terrified for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Telephone access stopped earlier this month after they gave a media interview when they said they felt \u201cabandoned\u201d while in detention and felt that the channels to try and secure their release were closing, their campaign group has said.<\/p>\n
In February, the Foreign Office said it had \u201ctemporarily\u201d withdrawn its staff from Iran amid the threat of US strikes against the country.<\/p>\n
It also advises against all travel to Iran warning that British and British-Iranian nationals face a \u201csignificant risk of arrest, questioning or detention\u201d.<\/p>\n
It adds that \u201chaving a British passport or connections to the UK can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you\u201d.<\/p>\n
A spokesman previously described the jail sentences the pair received as \u201ccompletely appalling and totally unjustifiable\u201d, saying their welfare is a \u201cpriority\u201d for the government.<\/p>\n
Ms Foreman, in her first interview since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, told ITV News she could hear the \u201cwhistling noise of missiles and the hum of the drones\u201d nearby and \u201cpeople were hyperventilating, screaming\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first day you could feel it, the impact of the bombs, the rockets, the missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talking about prison conditions, Foreman said: \u201cWhen the buildings shake, there is nowhere to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese buildings are not designed for safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no fire escape, there\u2019s no access to the outside for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the building collapses, that will be the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n