British nationals Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been sentenced to 10 years in prison over allegations of espionage in Iran, APA reports, citing Sky News.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has condemned their sentence as "completely appalling and totally unjustifiable".
"We will pursue this case relentlessly with the Iranian government until we see Craig and Lindsay Foreman safely returned to the UK and reunited with their family," she said.
The couple were arrested in January 2025 while travelling through the country on an around-the-world motorcycle journey and detained on charges of espionage.
The Foremans, from East Sussex, who are being held in Tehran's Evin prison, deny the allegations.
The couple's family says the sentence places the case "in line with the most severe politically motivated detentions of UK nationals in Iran".
Joe Bennett, Lindsay Foreman's son, said that the couple has been "sentenced to 10 years following a trial that lasted just three hours and in which they were not allowed to present a defence".
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