🔶 British couple imprisoned in Evin end their hunger strike

🔶 British couple imprisoned in Evin end their hunger strike

Lindsey and Craig Foreman, a British couple imprisoned in Evin, announced on Monday, August 10, that the two have ended their hunger strike.

In May, Lindsey and Craig Foreman went on hunger strike in protest against the conditions of detention and the “severe physical pressure” caused by it.

According to their family, Craig Foreman was on hunger strike for 93 days and his wife Lindsey for 84 days.

The British couple were detained in Iran in January 2025 while traveling around the world by motorcycle.

A year later, their court trial charged them with espionage and sentenced each of them to 10 years in prison; charges that both of them deny.

Joe Bennett, Lindsey Foreman’s son, said this July that an additional two years have been added to his father’s prison sentence due to his discussions with the media.

The Foreman family has repeatedly complained about the improper and unhygienic conditions in Evin prison and problems such as overcrowding.

In a statement on Monday, the Foreman family said that “after nearly three months, Lindsey and Craig decided to end their hunger strike”.

The statement said they converted the final five days of their hunger strike into “one day for good and kindness”.

According to the family, the purpose of this action was to turn their protest into “something constructive and collective that attracts attention not only to their own detention, but also to the rights and human dignity of other prisoners in Iran”.

Lindsey and Craig Foreman also carried out a joint one-month hunger strike in late last year, asking for the possibility of more regular contact with the outside world.

Human rights experts from the United Nations had warned one month after the couple’s last hunger strike that the two faced serious risks and that their detention might amount to “hostage-taking”.

In his statement, Joe Bennett said the family’s focus remained on “the health, wellbeing, and securing their freedom after spending more than 18 months in prison”.

The statement, however, emphasized that the freedom of the British couple has become “more difficult” in light of the British Embassy’s closure in Tehran since July 22 this year.

After tensions intensified between Iran and the United States, the British Embassy has now been carrying out its activities in Iran remotely by removing its staff from Tehran.