The Iranian media announced on Tuesday that Lindsay Foreman and her husband Craig had been charged with espionage. The British couple were detained in January while on a motorcycle tour around the world.

Iranian authorities have accused a British couple detained in the country since January of spying, state media reported Tuesday.

The British couple detained in Iran were too 'headstrong' to pay attention to Foreign Office warnings, claims friend.

Jennifer Rutland said family members had warned the British couple not to visit Iran because they knew it was ‘dangerous’.

Jennifer Rutland, Mrs Foreman’s mother, revealed that the family had warned the couple not to travel to Iran because of the high risk of arrest and danger the regime poses to British citizens.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple in their fifties, were on an adventurous round-the-world motorcycle journey when their trip took a terrifying turn. The couple, who had been traveling across different countries,

A British couple detained in Iran have been charged with espionage and accused of spying for Western agencies. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were travelling through Iran on a world-wide trip when they were arrested in the country's south-east.

British nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been detained in Iran and charged with espionage; they allegedly collected information in different parts of the country.