Craig and Lindsay Foreman: “West has not been able to counteract the hostage diplomacy of Tehran,” says former Iranian prisoner | News from the world

A woman who campaigns for people erroneously in Iran says that the recent arrest of a British couple shows that the West has not been able to counteract the diplomacy of Tehran’s hostages.

According to reports, Craig and Lindsay Foreman were held in January, but the country’s state media revealed last week they had been accused of crimes related to security. It is understood that they were traveling all over the world on a motorcycle trip.

Now, the British-Iraní Dual Dual Dual, has told Sky News about his terrible experience as a former prisoner in Iranarrested under positions of espionage and admits that the couple “must be terrified.”

The co -founder of the campaign group, the alliance against state hostages, said: “My true disappointment in all this is after 40 years, I would have expected Western governments to have created a viable policy to counteract the diplomacy of Haran .

“However, we continue to give in, or be forced to do so. And it is sad to see that another lovely couple has become a victim of all this.”

The couple finally headed Australiahaving crossed Iran from Armenia December 30, according to publications on social networks.

On Instagram, Mrs. Foreman acknowledged that traveling to Iran, against the advice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was “a little scary” but added “we are aware of the risks.”

His family said the situation was causing a “significant concern.”

Diamond describes itself and other dual nationals such as Nazanin Zaghari-oratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoorias having been “held by charges overcome” in Iran for political leverage.

Mrs. Zaghari-oratcliffe was Finally launched When the United Kingdom agreed to liquidate a historical debt of £ 400 million with Iran dating from the 1970s.

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When asked if the United Kingdom should negotiate with the Iranian regime, whom he described as a rehénes, Mrs. Diamond said: “You have to negotiate. But at the end of the day, if you constantly give to its demands, it will only become a pattern.

“It has been happening for too long with too many innocent people who spend years of their lives in prison.

“I was there for four years. As you know, Nazanin Zaghari-oratcliffe was there for more than six years. I hope this couple is different. I hope they leave long before that. But at this time, it is only like a broken record.”

Thursday, a Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed: “We are providing consular assistance to two British citizens arrested in Iran and we are in contact with local authorities.”

Iranian state media said a man and a woman were in custody in Kerman’s southeast city in southeastern Iran.

Mrs. Diamond recalled her own time in detention and said that Craig and Lindsay Foreman “must be terrified.”

“I just hope that the United Kingdom government will help them and not feel alone in prison.

“Knowing that there is someone or a team of people, helping you and supporting you outside the prison is sometimes everything that is needed to give you hope.”