Overview

• After 213 days in detention, Lindsay and Craig Foreman were relocated separately to Qarchak women’s prison and Fashafouyeh central prison near Tehran
• The couple made an eight-minute phone call to relatives on August 5, confirming they are alive but reporting no routine consular or medical visits
• Human rights groups have repeatedly criticised dire conditions at both facilities, warning of overcrowding, abuse risk and limited healthcare
• Iranian authorities allege the Foremans entered the country posing as tourists to conduct espionage, claims their family vehemently rejects as baseless
• The UK Foreign Office has provided consular support, raised the couple’s case at the diplomatic level and continues to advise against travel to Iran due to detention risks