Brit in squalid 50C Iranian ‘hell’ prison on spying charges given drip

Lindsay Foreman and her husband Craig remain locked up in Iran, most likely on false charges, and Lindsay has just been put on a drip due to worsening health (Copyright: Foreman Family)

A British woman held in 50°C heat in an Iranian prison after being imprisoned on espionage charges has been given an intravenous drip, according to her son.

Lindsay Foreman, a therapist from East Sussex, and husband Craig were arrested in January while driving through Kerman, a city on their around-the-world motorcycle tour route.

She is being held women-only Qarchak Prison in Tehran which has been branded ‘hell for women and children’ by not-for-profit group Iran Human Rights, among other organisations.

Lindsay, 52, has been forced to stay in a rammed cell with 70 other women where temperatures reach up to 50C, her son Joe Bennett, who branded the spying allegations ‘crazy’, told The Telegraph.

Her husband, 52,is also in worsening physical health after being transferred to Evin Prison where British-Iranian author Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was locked up for four years on bogus spying charges.

Joe, a tech salesman from Folkestone in Kent, told The Telegraph: ‘There’s a severe case of overcrowding, which in turn is unsanitary, which in turn can lead to sickness.

The couple pictured at an undisclosed location – they were arrested in Kerman, Iran, in January this year (Copyright: Foreman Family)

‘Hopefully it’s [being put on a drip] precautionary. The fact that she’s on a drip would suggest that there has been some kind of medical professional [visit].’

Lindsay’s daily rations consist of rice bowls, rarely supplemented, with the exception of fruit and vegetables purchased from the prison shop once a month.

She sleeps on an iron bed with no mattress and has to buy toilet paper from Qarchak’s store.

Joe, 31, who last spoke to his mum in late July, added that the ‘mental strength’ of his parents has been good but said he was unsure of how long that would last.

He told The Telegraph that he was worried about his step-father’s dental problems including an untreated abscess, made worse by the squalid conditions in Evin Prison.

The family have weekly meetings with the Foreign Office and one is scheduled with Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary, on October 16, according to The Telegraph.

Metro has approached the Foreign Office for comment.

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