Detained Britons Charged With Espionage In Iran

[naomi24]

Mr and Mrs Foreman were arrested in January but news of their detention, on unspecified security charges, emerged last week.

Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said that the couple, both aged 52, had "entered Iran under the guise of tourists" and "gathered information in multiple provinces of the country".

They had been on a motorbike trip around the world - their planned destination Australia.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743jle3vkno

 

What are their chances?  Pretty grim I'd say.

 

[fripfrip]

They were given plenty of warning about going there and ignored it,time for them to take off their rose tinted glasses and enjoy the breath taking views,while the foreign office has to pay their ransom.

[Peter Pedant]

"entered Iran under the guise of tourists" and "gathered information in multiple provinces of the country".

well they had their tourist visas and maintained an info blog so those two points seem well covered

and even their first degree relatives said not to go....

and they  said o no we are going anyway

(Iran is a large country to go around)