Craig and Lindsay Foreman have lost their appeal against a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, leaving the British couple facing the same sentence that was imposed last year after Tehran charged them with espionage. The family said on June 2 that the appeal failed, deepening the uncertainty around two people who have been detained since January 2025.
For people following Detention Of Craig And Lindsay Foreman deepens as family loses contact, the appeal result answers one question but sharpens the rest. The couple deny the espionage charges, and their family said they were not permitted to attend the hearing that decided their fate.
The family also said they had little information about what happened in court. That gap matters because the hearing ended with the sentence still in place, even though the people at the center of the case were not there to hear the case being made against them or to respond in person.
Iran sentenced the pair to 10 years in a Tehran prison last year after bringing espionage charges, allegations they reject. Since their detention in January 2025, the case has moved behind closed doors from the perspective of relatives, and the family said contact has since been cut off.
What comes next is not clear from the information available, and that uncertainty now defines the case as much as the sentence itself. For Craig and Lindsay Foreman, the appeal loss means the prison term remains active; for their family, the unanswered question is what, if anything, can still be done.
