Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested while travelling in Iran last January and subsequently charged with espionage, which they deny. They are currently being held at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.
Ms Foreman’s son, Joe Bennett, was meeting with parliamentarians on Wednesday to tell them his parents have endured threats of execution, witnessed regular knife fights and been left visibly malnourished and suffering from chronic medical neglect in prison.
“Since their arrest on January 3rd 2025, more than 400 days ago, Mum and Craig have suffered a list of human rights abuses that is truly shocking,” he said in a statement.
Idiots. Fucking white people think the entire world is their zoo. You vacation in a war-torn, conflict ridden country and get captured? Consider it part of the experience.
These countries try to show how nice they are with their tourism pamphlets, and exclude talking about the reality of the country. It worked on my mom - I had to convince her to not go to Saudi Arabia, she was enchanted by their beaches.
To be fair, for most shithole countries tourism is a beloved form of income. So they usually leave travelers alone. Even NK mostly. The US started violating that rule, that’s why tourism is down massively.