Iranian authorities accuse detained British couple of spying, report says

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A man and a woman are accused of spying and having links to intelligence agencies of ‘hostile countries’ and collecting information from several Iranian provinces, a spokesman says

A family statement released Saturday through the U.K. Foreign Office identified the detained couple as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, saying their situation was distressing and causing 'significant concern.'Mizanonline.ir, a news website affiliated with the country’s judiciary, cited Asghar Jahangir, a spokesman for the judiciary as saying that the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence forces incarcerated the couple, a man and a woman, while in the southern city of Kerman at the time.

The report didn’t name the couple, however, a family statement released Saturday through the U.K. Foreign Office identified them as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, saying their situation was distressing and causing “significant concern.” “We are providing them with consular assistance and remain in close contact with their family members.”

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