British couple end Iran prison hunger strike after 93 days

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, a British couple in their early 50s, ended a three-month hunger strike on 10 August 2026. They had been detained in Iran since January 2025, when they were arrested while passing through central Iran on a round-the-world motorbike trip. In February 2026, an Iranian court sentenced each to 10 years in prison on espionage charges, which they deny. Craig Foreman’s sentence was later extended by two years for speaking to the media, as reported by Punch Newspapers.

The couple began their hunger strike in May 2026 to protest their treatment in Evin Prison, a facility in northern Tehran known for holding political prisoners and foreign nationals. Craig Foreman fasted for 93 days and Lindsay Foreman for 84 days. Their family said in a statement that they ended the strike by converting the final five days into a 'fast for good', framing it as a collective action to highlight the rights of other prisoners in Iran. The family also noted that the couple had staged a month-long hunger strike late in 2025, demanding more regular contact with authorities.

Around a month into the strike, United Nations human rights experts warned that the couple were at serious risk. The family said the immediate focus remained on securing their release after more than 18 months in detention. Lindsay Foreman’s son, Joe Bennett, said the closure of the UK embassy in Iran on 22 July 2026, which is now operating remotely, had made the situation more difficult.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated outlet ran the story at all, according to the reports below. None of the centre-rated digests mentioned the couple’s complaints about prison conditions, the two-year extension to Craig Foreman’s sentence, or the family’s framing of the final days as a 'fast for good'. The closure of the UK embassy in Iran on 22 July 2026 was reported only by Punch Newspapers.