Health of couple held in Iran 'starting to suffer' say family

THE family of a British couple detained in Iran is calling on the Foreign Office to "secure their urgent release", saying the couple's "physical health is really starting to suffer".

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Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a motorcycle tour around the world and were later charged with espionage.

The couple, of East Sussex, deny the allegations. Asked when the last time was he had contact, Lindsay's son Joe Bennett told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "So, via the embassy, we've had contact about three weeks ago, but direct contact with my mum and Craig is near on two months now. We've only actually had the one phone call with them both, which is really tough. No direct information is being passed from them to us."