
Detained Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been charged in Iran with espionage, the nation’s judiciary information company has stated.
Mr and Mrs Foreman have been arrested in January however information of their detention, on unspecified safety prices, emerged final week.
A judiciary spokesperson stated that the couple, each aged 52, had “enter Iran below the guise of vacationers” and “gathered info in a number of provinces of the nation”.
The pair moved from East Sussex to begin a brand new life in Andalucia, Spain, in 2019 and had appeared on an episode of Channel 4’s A New Life within the Solar in 2022 to showcase their lives as expats.
The couple, each aged 52, had been on a motorcycle journey world wide and had deliberate to remain in Iran for 5 days.
Mr and Mrs Foreman have been heading for Australia on their journey throughout the globe and had crossed into Iran from Armenia on 30 December and have been planning to be in Pakistan by 4 January.
In a collection of social media posts earlier than they have been detained, the couple described their pleasure at being in Iran.
Lindsay Foreman, a life coach with a doctorate in psychology, stated she was “having an incredible time”.
Her husband Craig, who’s a carpenter, spoke of the “pretty folks” of a “pretty nation”.