<div class="" data-article-body="true"><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The family of two Britons detained in Iran say they were unable to speak to UK Foreign Office officials who visited the couple due to government "holiday schedules".</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Iranian authorities arrested Craig and Lindsay Foreman, an East Sussex couple on an around-the-world motorbike trip, in January 2025.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">According to their son Joe Bennett, a consular visit took place on Monday but family "haven't been allowed to speak to the team" who saw them "because it's their holidays".</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: "We continue to provide the Foremans with consular assistance and remain in close contact with their family members."</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Mr Bennett, of Folkestone in Kent, said: "Meanwhile, Craig is crammed into a cell with 160 people, surrounded by violence, vermin and disease, with no soap and no medical care.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">"This is not good enough. It feels like the families are an afterthought."</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The couple has been accused of espionage, which their family said was "ludicrous".</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">They have appeared in court several times but have <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25rvkm8x7o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:not been officially tried or convicted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">not been officially tried or convicted</a>.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">A Foreign Office spokesperson said the government was "deeply concerned" and continued to "raise this case directly with the Iranian authorities".</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have raised the case when she spoke to her Iranian counterpart in December.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The government advises against all travel to Iran because of a "significant risk" of arrest and says connections to the UK "can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you".</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><em>Follow BBC Kent on </em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BBCinKent/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><em>Facebook</em></a><em>, on </em><a href="https://twitter.com/BBCRadioKent" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><em>X</em></a><em>, and on </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bbcinkent/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><em>Instagram</em></a><em>. 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