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Iran says jailed British couple charged with espionage

AFP , Tuesday 18 Feb 2025

Iranian authorities said Tuesday that a British couple recently arrested in the country's southeast had been charged with espionage and accused of links to Western intelligence services.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have been detained in Iran, in a photograph released by their family.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have been detained in Iran, in a photograph released by their family. AFP

 

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Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said that "the two British nationals were arrested... over espionage charges," adding that the couple, Craig and Lindsay Foreman who had been taken into custody in Kerman province, were found to be "cooperating with covert institutions linked to the intelligence services of hostile and Western countries".

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