{"id":6446,"date":"2025-02-15T20:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/british-couple-on-world-motorcycle-tour-is-detained-in-iran\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T20:18:15","slug":"british-couple-on-world-motorcycle-tour-is-detained-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/british-couple-on-world-motorcycle-tour-is-detained-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A British couple who had been on a motorcycle tour around the world were detained in Iran, Britain\u2019s foreign office said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The couple, Craig and Lindsay Foreman, were last heard from on social media in early January. But this week, Iranian state media reported that two British nationals had been detained on suspicion of \u201csecurity crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Britain\u2019s foreign office confirmed their detention after the Iranian reports, and on Saturday issued a statement on behalf of the couple\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis unexpected turn of events has caused significant concern for our entire family, and we are deeply focused on ensuring their safety and well-being during this trying time,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. and Ms. Foreman, both in their mid-50s, were on a motorcycle tour to Australia, where Ms. Foreman, was set to deliver a paper at a conference on psychology. They reside in Spain, where Ms. Foreman worked as a psychologist and life coach and Mr. Foreman as a carpenter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The couple\u2019s detention first came to light when Iranian state media <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irna.ir\/news\/85749385\/%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%B2-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published a photograph<\/a> of Britain\u2019s ambassador to Iran, Hugo Shorter, meeting with two British citizens accused of \u201csecurity crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian state media blurred the couples\u2019 faces in the image, taken at the office of the prosecutor in Kerman, a city more than 600 miles east of the capital, Tehran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In its statement, the family said it was \u201cactively engaging with the British government and relevant authorities, working diligently to navigate the complexities of this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is unclear how long the couple has been held in Iran. Before their detention, the Foremans shared their travels on social media. They last posted on Jan. 3, saying they were in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTo put your minds at rest, we are having the most amazing time in Iran,\u201d the couple said in a Facebook post, adding that they were traveling with a tour guide. On Instagram, Ms. Foreman posted a picture of herself meeting a theologian at a madrasa in Isfahan, where she wrote that \u201ctravel continues to teach me that humanity\u2019s core is shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The couple had crossed into Iran from Armenia, and were planning to head to Pakistan next, they had said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe UK government advises against all but essential travel to these areas, and the news paints a pretty grim picture,\u201d they <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PPK2K\/posts\/pfbid0QrfAuUmG6SM35qEvrE8AiRYR83LGUXbJ7RodbFMa8g9KLpAtuxDbWRKfYms8BME2l\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted on Facebook<\/a> on Dec. 30. \u201cWe want to find out for ourselves. That is why we are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The post included two images side-by-side: one of the Foreign Office\u2019s orange and yellow map of Iran, advising British citizens not to travel to Iran, and another of a photo of the green lawns of a mosque, an image whose location was pinned to Norduz, near Iran\u2019s border with Armenia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The foreign office advises against all travel to Iran, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/foreign-travel-advice\/iran\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">issuing a warning<\/a> that \u201cBritish and British-Iranian dual nationals are at significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iran has repeatedly jailed foreigners and dual nationals over the last decade, including an Iranian-American <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/03\/world\/middleeast\/iran-arrest-reza-valizadeh-journalist-detention.html\" title=\"\">citizen<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/18\/world\/middleeast\/cecilia-sala-italy-iran-revolutionary-guards.html\" title=\"\">an Italian journalist<\/a> detained last year and a Swedish E.U. official <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/04\/world\/europe\/iran-sweden-prisoners-johan-floderus.html\" title=\"\">arrested<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several British-Iranian dual-citizens have been among those arrested, among them Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was held <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/16\/world\/europe\/iran-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-released.html\" title=\"\">for six years<\/a>; Aras Amiri, a 32-year-old art student; and Abbas Edalat, an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/25\/world\/middleeast\/iran-britain-nuclear-deal.html\" title=\"\">academic and antiwar activist<\/a>. Ms. Amiri, arrested while visiting her grandmother and accused of espionage, was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/12\/world\/middleeast\/aras-amiri-released-iran.html\" title=\"\">released after three years<\/a> in prison, and Mr. Edalat was released <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/25\/world\/middleeast\/uk-iran-dual-citizen-detention.html\" title=\"\">after several months<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Human rights groups have said many of these detentions are part of a deliberate policy to extract concessions from other countries, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/16\/world\/middleeast\/iran-hostage-swap-history.html\" title=\"\">prisoner swaps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async 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