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BBC Breakfast Audio Glitch Prompts On-Air Apology During Report on Britons Held in Iran

The segment highlighted family claims of harsh Evin prison conditions for Lindsay and Craig Foreman, with the UK saying it continues to raise the disputed espionage case.

Overview

  • Presenter Charlie Stayt apologised to viewers after a sound failure cut out co-host Emma Vardy during Saturday’s live broadcast.
  • Stayt told viewers, "Our apologies. There are just one or two problems with our sound for a moment there," before continuing the segment.
  • The programme was reporting on Lindsay and Craig Foreman from East Sussex, detained in Iran since January and charged with espionage, which they deny.
  • Relatives say the couple are held separately in Tehran’s Evin prison in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions with vermin, as described by Lindsay’s son Joe Bennett.
  • Family report the pair undertook a hunger strike last month and now receive near-daily phone calls, while the Foreign Office says it is directly raising the case with Iranian authorities.