Iran has a track record of detaining foreign nationals and accusing them of espionage, often releasing them in exchange for Iranians captured abroad.
A British husband couple who were on a motorcycle journey around the world while arrested last month have been charged with espionage in Iran.
An Iranian judiciary spokesman, Asghar Jahangir, told the Mizan news agency in Tehran on Tuesday the couple had “collected information” in several parts of the country while posing as tourists.
Lindsay Foreman, a motivational speaker, and her husband Craig Foreman were heading for Australia and crossed into Iran from Armenia on Dec. 30, according to their social media posts.
They were detained by Revolutionary Guards in the city of Kerman, 300 miles southeast of Tehran, late last month.
Jahangir said the Foremans were detained, “during a series of coordinated intelligence operations and while collecting information in Kerman city.”
The couple, who are believed to be in their 50s, are accused of having links to intelligence agencies of “hostile countries.”
A British Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are deeply concerned by reports that two British nationals have been charged with…
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