British Couple Held In Iran

[naomi24]

The couple, named as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are in their early 50s, and were on a trip across the world to Australia on motorbikes, were arrested in Iran in January on unspecified security charges.  

Posting on Instagram Mrs Foreman acknowledged that travelling to the Iran, against Foreign Office advice, and to Pakistan was risky and "slightly scary".

"Yes, we're aware of the risks," she wrote. "But we also know the rewards of meeting incredible people, hearing their stories, and seeing the breathtaking landscapes of these regions could far outweigh the fear."

She added: "From the vast deserts of Iran to the towering peaks of Pakistan, we hope to share the beauty, hospitality, and humanity that often go unnoticed."

Mrs Foreman is reported to have been carrying out a research project on their journey to Australia asking people what it means to be human and what constitutes a good life.

She was due to present her findings at a conference on positive psychology in Brisbane in July.  Lindsay Foreman is a life coach with a doctorate in psychology.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

 

I hope they're recovered safely but for supposedly intelligent people this really is appallingly irresponsible.  Sheer madness.

[ynnafymmi]

"obligated"jack?No wonder this country is broke and the Islamist nut-jobs are laughing at us.I despair.

[fender62]

all abers putting down trump, you never come up with a solution, we have tried talking erm peace meal, does not work, or they are just misunderstood..yea, only way is physical overwhelming force...do you get it, peace through superior fire power, oh that don't work erm..yes it actually does, who are the most militant islamic countries..vapourise them, yep thne it would be just just picking off the straglers...

 

 

[david small]

The regime that dictates in Iran does not tolerate criticism. There are many Iranian who would like to have more freedom. The money the UK banked belongs to the people. Compound interest aside, we reneged on the deal, and kept their money. 
Iran is a beautiful place, and the Iranians are a decent beautiful people. Try ripping off this government and suffering the consequences. We owed them, and they used political pressure ie blackmail to secure their money back. Integrity, bah, no such thing in financial terms.

[ynnafymmi]

Still doesnt get our £400 million back david.Any other country in the world would tell these Iranian bastrads to go forth and multiply,but not us mugs in the UK.Ah,well,as ive said before,its only money.Sigh.

[sandyRoe]

How is it our £400 million?

It was given in payment for goods which weren't delivered.

[ynnafymmi]

And,sandy?....the Iranian bastrads probably owe us Brits that sort of money ten times over.When we getting that money back?

[sandyRoe]

I think not.

We overthrew a democratically elected  government there in order to get our hands on their oil.

[ynnafymmi]

What do you mean"we"sandy?Ive never overthrown a democratically elected government in my life,probably most of us on here havent either.Speak for yourself and for yourself only sandy."We"?

[237SJ]

Iran's actually a really interesting country to visit and the people are lovely. That couple were just stupid (not sure if they have travel insurance either, being that the FO advises not to go there)

[jackthehat]

ynnafymmi - I'll say, again, it wasn't our money.

If you ordered and paid for something on-line and it wasn't delivered, who does the money you paid belong to?

[ynnafymmi]

Just try and organise a GayPride event over there hun.See how you get on.

[ynnafymmi]

^20.27.

[237SJ]

20:31 if you'd organised one in this country a few decades ago you wouldn't have got on too well either

[ynnafymmi]

@20.30.Great news jack,so i order £400 million pounds worth of goods from Amazon,everything ready to get delivered and then at the last minute i say "F you,keep the goods i ordered"...

[jackthehat]

".......and can I have my money back, please?"

They didn't tell us to keep the tanks. They have said either deliver the tanks or give us our money back, and for about 40 years we did neither.

[ynnafymmi]

@20.34.Yes,but we have moved on since then.How long do you think the Islamist aerosols will have to move on till they have a GayPride march?2525?

[jackthehat]

Your argument looks to be falling apart at the seams.

There are many more places in the world than Iran that have repressive attitudes to gay pride marches.

But that seems to have beggar all to do with naomi's original question...

[ynnafymmi]

@20.41.But wasnt it the Iranians who cancelled this order jack?As far as im aware it wasnt us Brits who cancelled it.Isnt there some kind of cancellation type thing in these orders?

[jackthehat]

No, they didn't.

The world suddenly changed and we could deliver neither tanks nor give them a refund.

It was never our money and we didn't end up with several hundred tanks we then had to flog at a discount...

[ynnafymmi]

So who cancelled this order jack?