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A British couple detained in Iran for espionage—despite denying all charges—are facing grim new developments: their appeal against a 10-year sentence was rejected, and they’ve begun a hunger strike in protest. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, caught on a global motorcycle trip, have been denied family presence at their hearing and are now in critical condition, with Craig on 25 days and Lindsay on 16 days of hunger strike. Their legal team in the UK has no explanation for the appeal’s denial, and they’ve been cut off from family since a BBC interview. The British Foreign Office calls their detention unjustified, and the case has now reached Iran’s Supreme Court—though the family is in the dark about what comes next. Their plight echoes other British detainees in Iran, and their family pleads for consular access while urging them to stop the strike for their health—but they also understand this protest is their last act of control.

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