A British couple, Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges that they deny, have had their sentence extended. Craig Foreman’s sentence has been extended by two years for speaking to the media.

The couple were arrested in 2025 while traveling through Iran by motorcycle as part of a round-the-world journey. Britain has described their original sentences as ‘totally unjustifiable’. Joe Bennett, Lindsay Foreman’s son and the family’s spokesperson, said they had received reports that Craig Foreman had been taken before a judge and informed that his sentence had been extended because he had spoken to the media.

A spokesperson for Britain’s foreign ministry said in an emailed statement that they were ‘urgently following up with the Iranian authorities about the reported increased sentence’. Last month, two independent U.N. experts said the Foremans appeared to have been wrongfully detained and sentenced following proceedings that failed to meet basic fair trial guarantees.

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