Overview
- The UK confirmed it has temporarily closed its Tehran embassy and evacuated staff, shifting consular services to remote operation after a security assessment.
- Joe Bennett says his mother, Lindsay Foreman, and her husband, Craig, report overcrowded Evin Prison cells, vermin, and frequent fights, with deteriorating health.
- The couple’s Iranian lawyers have formally submitted a bail application and written to the court asserting their innocence, with no decision announced.
- Nationwide protests and a harsh crackdown have packed detention facilities, as Tehran’s attorney general warned participants could face a death-penalty charge.
- The family says the Foreign Office is still “assessing the situation,” expressing frustration at the lack of higher-level advocacy after petitioning Downing Street this month.