Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who were in 2025 sentenced to 10 years in Iran's Evin prison for espionage, is urging US President Donald Trump to include their release in any potential deal to end the war.Lindsay's son, Joe Bennett, travelled to the United States in March to seek assistance, highlighting the couple's dire prison conditions and lack of legal representation. “Peace cannot just mean quieter borders and open shipping routes. It must mean people coming home,” he said.The couple, who were on a round-the-world motorbike trip at the time of their arrest, lost an appeal in February and are now on a hunger strike.The British government has called their sentence “totally unjustifiable” and said that it will continue to press for their release.In fullFamily of British couple in Tehran prison want loved ones freed as part of Trump’s Iran peace dealThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump urged to include imprisoned British couple in Iran peace deal
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who were in 2025 sentenced to 10 years in Iran's Evin prison for espionage, is urging US President Donald Trump to include their release in any potential deal to end the war.Lindsay's son, Joe Bennett, travelled to the United States in March to seek assistance, highlighting the couple's dire prison conditions and lack of legal representation. “Peace cannot just mean quieter borders and open shipping routes. It must mean people coming home,” he said.The couple, who were on a round-the-world motorbike trip at the time of their arrest, lost an appeal in February and are now on a hunger strike.The British government has called their sentence “totally unjustifiable” and said that it will continue to press for their release.In fullFamily of British couple in Tehran prison want loved ones freed as part of Trump’s Iran peace dealThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
