{"id":83611,"date":"2026-01-16T08:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83611"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:19:15","slug":"fears-for-british-couple-detained-in-iran-on-espionage-charges-after-uk-closes-embassy-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/16\/fears-for-british-couple-detained-in-iran-on-espionage-charges-after-uk-closes-embassy-in-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears for British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges after UK closes embassy in Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1Ugj0q.img?w=534&amp;h=423&amp;m=6&amp;x=225&amp;y=179&amp;s=206&amp;d=139\" alt=\"Lindsay and Craig Foreman (pictured) were taken into custody in January last year during a world motorcycle tour and were charged with espionage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The son of a British couple detained in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/iran\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Iran<\/a> said he fears for their welfare after the UK closed its embassy in Tehran amid the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/fears-for-british-couple-detained-in-iran-on-espionage-charges-after-uk-closes-embassy-in-tehran\/ar-AA1UgqlG?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6969e67092c64fe09b578d528d40adbd&amp;ei=140\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The son of a British couple detained in\u00a0Iran said he fears for their welfare after the UK closed its embassy in Tehran&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joe-Bennett.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83613,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83611\/revisions\/83613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}