Tehran, Iran
AP
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Iranian authorities have accused the British couple who have been detained in the country since January of the spies, state media reported Tuesday.
Mizanonline.ir, a news website belonging to the country’s judiciary, said that asghar Jahangir, a judicial spokesman, revolutionary security guard intelligence squadrons, led couples, men and women to the southern city of Kelman at the time. He says he says he was imprisoned. .
They are accused of spying and gathering information from the intelligence agency of “hostile countries” and several Iranian provinces, according to Jahangir, who did not provide details.
The report did not name the couple, but a family statement released on Saturday through the UK Foreign Office identified them as Craig and Lindsey Foreman, and their situation was painful and “significant concerns.” “It is causing the ‘.
A spokesman for the UK’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday: We continue to file this incident directly with Iranian authorities.
“We provide consul support to them and continue to be in close contact with our families.”
The two reportedly traveled around the world on motorcycles when they were detained in January. British media reported that they were planning to move from Armenia to Iran on December 30th and then enter Pakistan, citing a social media post.
Iran’s British ambassador, Hugo Shorter, met two Karmans on Wednesday in front of officials from the Iranian Department of Justice and the governor’s office.
Iran has a history of detaining and liberating Western citizens with security fees. The country has long been accused of retaining people with Western ties as prisoners used in negotiations with the West. Iran denies those accusations.