Joe Bennett never wanted his mother and stepfather, Lindsay and Craig Foreman, to go to Iran on their round-the world motorbike 'trip of a lifetime'.
He asked them not to. The Foreign Office advised against travel to the perilous nation, too, warning that those who ventured there were at risk of arrest, detention and a death sentence.
'I gave my thoughts,' says Joe. 'I said, 'Are you sure about this? I'm not trying to influence your decision but why do it when the advice is not to go? Isn't there a way of just getting to the next destination by skipping that part?'
'Mum said, 'No, this is what I want to do.' '
Three days after entering Iran on New Year's Day, Lindsay, a 'free-spirited' life coach, and her husband Craig, a carpenter, who are both 52, were arrested on charges of espionage.
