Couple held in Iran moved to ‘worst’ jail

A BRITISH couple detained in Iran for seven months on espionage charges have been moved to separate prisons in and near Tehran, heightening fears for their welfare, their son said this week.

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Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52 and who previously split their time between southeast England and Spain, were seized in Kerman, in central Iran, in early January while on a round-the-world motorbike trip.

Their family has known little about their whereabouts since then, but say they learnt at the weekend via the UK Foreign Office that Lindsay has been transferred to Qarchak women’s prison near the capital.

It has a dubious reputation, with human rights groups repeatedly criticising dire conditions reported there.