British Couple End 93-Day Iran Prison Hunger Strike After 10-Year Espionage Sentences
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 10
British Couple End 93-Day Iran Prison Hunger Strike After 10-Year Espionage Sentences
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 10
Summary
Craig and Lindsay Foreman have ended hunger strikes in Iran after 93 and 84 days, with their family saying Sunday was the first time in three months they had eaten.
The British couple began the protest in May after prison authorities blocked calls to their families, and their relatives said the strike also challenged the treatment of other prisoners in Tehran's Evin jail.
Five supporters outside prison, including Lindsay Foreman's son Joe Bennett, joined the final five days in the UK, while other prisoners inside Evin also took part in what the family called a collective act of solidarity.
Arrested in January 2025 during a motorcycle trip from Europe to Australia, the pair deny espionage; both received 10-year sentences in February, and the family says Craig Foreman's term was later extended by two years after media interviews.
The family said recent meetings with UK envoy Alistair Burt and Middle East minister Stephen Doughty were constructive, but urged Britain to press Iran and publicly treat the case as arbitrary detention.