Are There Any Iranians In Uk Prisons At The..,

[sandyRoe]

... moment who might be exchanged for Lindsay and Craig Foreman?  

Or have they been arrested to be held as bargaining chips in the future if a deal ever needs to be done?

[davebro3]

I'd be surprised if there aren't & even more surprised if Iran wants them back!

[Clone]

What ^ he said

[Old_Geezer]

An exchange would be a win, win, deal. At least for the UK.  Let's hope shall we ?

[nicebloke1]

If theres not I'm sure we could find a few hiding out.;0)

[straydog]

I’m assuming that if there are any Iranians in British jails then they are there for a legitimate reason.    Not on the whim of a government using it for political advantage.  

It has long been known that travelling to Iran was “risky” to say the least.  You only have to remember the fairly recent case of Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe who was imprisoned  for five years on the pretext of spying.

Indeed the UK government has advised against all travel to Iran for a considerable time, saying British and dual nationals are at significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention, and that a British passport or UK connections “can be reason enough” to be detained by Iranian authorities. Their advice is very clear:

You are at risk of arrest, detention and a death sentence if you travel to Iran. 

Adding that “the UK government will not be able to evacuate you, provide face-to-face assistance or help you if you get into difficulty”.

Whilst relatives of the Foremans understandably spoke of their concern at the couple’s “distressing situation” presumably the Foreman’s planned their route for their round the world motorbike trip in advance and as 50 year old adults they chose to enter Iran for whatever reason of their own. 

Should the UK government now spend time and effort and at considerable cost in efforts to get them out of this “distressing situation”?

I’m not advocating letting them rot in jail exactly but should we go as far as to contemplate exchanging prisoners for them?

[Peter Pedant]

erm no - 

we in the west dont  do diplomacy like that here

Neither do we novichock dissidents we dont like

or blow them up

or shoot them

Jesus - AB in full flow

( screamers and foo-ers on AB - they are legion - shout scream and foo " well we should !" )

[Peter Pedant]

 

yeah yeah and pull their finger nails out and play them FULL vol ! at Friday call to prayers

yeah and across the front of the mosque ( الدخول) lay those jumpers that jump and THEN explode

and stick over 

[Peter Pedant]

and stick over الدخول - - --  the word .. الخروج

as it will be exit for them ! or eela a-gehenna ( to hell) yeah that wd be good ! -foo end of ! as TTT is given tp osting

[Peter Pedant]

I wd be inclined to say - hang them - they were told not to go