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A British couple who have been detained in Iran for more than 20 months have not had regular contact restored with their family, despite assurances, their family say.
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family → publish → assurances
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, who were sentenced to 10 years in jail over espionage charges which they deny, were promised family contact after they ended hunger strikes, but there had not been regular calls since, they said.
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they → sentence → strikes
The family of the couple, who are from East Sussex, is calling for an urgent meeting with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to discuss what action can be taken.
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action → call → Miliband
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has been contacted for a comment.
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Office → contact → comment
The family is also calling for the government to provide regular consular visits and implement a focused strategy to secure the couple's release.
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government → call → release
A spokesperson for the family says a British consular visit is planned for 5 October, which they say will be just the second visit of 2026.
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they → say → 2026
They said the length of time it took to arrange the meeting, particularly following the hunger strikes, was "extremely concerning".
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it → say → strikes
Joe Bennett, Lindsay's son, said: "I understand perfectly well that the British government cannot simply tell the Iranian authorities what to do.
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government → say → what
I have never expected that.
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I → expect → that
"What I do expect is for our government to stand up for its citizens, to challenge what is happening and to keep pushing when commitments are made and then not honoured.
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commitments → expect → citizens
Mum and Craig brought their hunger strikes to an end believing things would improve.
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things → bring → end
Regular calls were supposed to be part of that.
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calls → suppose → that
"Instead, we are once again in a position where we are waiting, trying to understand what is happening from a distance and being given another date further down the road.
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what → wait → road
That cannot just become normal."
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That → become → ?
Bennett, who is from Folkestone, in Kent, says he wants a meeting with Miliband to understand what is being done to bring the couple back to Britain.
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what → say → Britain
"After everything Mum and Craig have been through, it is reasonable for us to ask whether every possible avenue is genuinely being explored and whether this case is being treated with the urgency it deserves," he added.
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he → ask → urgency
Bennett said he wanted Miliband to hear the case "directly from the family".
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Miliband → say → family
"After more than 600 days, I do not think that is too much to ask," he added.
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he → think → days
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