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If you are based in the UK, please urgently write to your MP, asking them to contact ministers on your behalf, to request
- Recognition of Lindsay and Craig Foreman as hostages.
- Immediate diplomatic visits by UK officials to check welfare and enable their urgent return home.
- Weekly phone calls. They need regular contact. This is a basic human right.
- Essential humanitarian support like clean water, medical treatment, and basic supplies for survival.
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Thank you for your support. Here's why this is urgent as well as important...
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were detained in Iran on 3rd January. They have been held hostage in terrible conditions since that time... and the nightmare continues.
On Friday 15th August, the Foreman family were informed that Craig Foreman has been transferred to Evin prison. He was previously being held in central Tehran prison following the couple’s transfer from Kerman on 29th July. Lindsay Foreman remains in Qarchak Prison, one of the most notorious women's prisons worldwide.
There are increasing concerns surrounding the immediate conditions they are facing; extreme heat and no official support to meet their basic needs. Joe Bennett, Lindsay Foreman’s eldest son explained, “We are extremely concerned about their state of health and their mental welfare. Can you imagine being in a cell with over a dozen people, in 45+ degree heat, where the water from the tap isn’t safe to drink, you have no access to clean clothes, there is little nourishment and you have to buy bottled water but have no funds to do so?”
On 5th August Lindsay and Craig were allowed to call the Foreign office for the very first time after seven months of being held without even a phone call to their family. They begged for urgent consular visits and for funds to be placed on their prison cards to be able to pay for basic food, water and sanitary items.
Last Friday after huge delays, Lindsay was finally able to buy some meagre supplies, but with Craig being moved again there are serious concerns about how long it will now take for him to have access to basic necessities. It’s really hard to think about, but it may mean more weeks of malnourishment and no clean water. They both need to be visited, checked out by a doctor and have someone see them urgently to confirm their state of health. They need to be urgently provided with basics like clean clothes and given help and support.
The last consular visit was on May 12th when the couple were being held in Kerman. Since then they have been separated, moved to Tehran, then in Craig’s case, moved again to Evin. They have still not had direct access to consular support since then and in Craig's case, still no funds for basic nourishment or clean drinking water.
This is urgent. They need support now. Not next week. Not after more meetings. Not like the phone calls where they were promised over several weeks but never happened the first two times. This is really urgent. Please help now.
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