Azadeh Moshiri
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Global News Podcast
Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
A lot of the information that we've been getting has been coming from Iranian state media. This latest information is from a judiciary-run news agency and even quoted a judiciary spokesman, Asghar Jahangir, saying the couple had been under surveillance by intelligence agencies in the province and were in their words arrested as part of a coordinated intelligence operation. They're arguing that
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The couple came under the guise, the pretense of a tourist trip, but actually were collecting information for Western intelligence officials. Now, this is completely different to what we've heard from Lindsay and Craig Foreman's family and also from Lindsay Foreman's own social media accounts.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Because what's really notable about this case is that since they were embarking on this trip across the world on their motorbikes, they'd already posted so many videos and pictures online. Vielen Dank. Lindsay Foreman spricht darüber, wie sie dort einen wunderschönen Zeitraum hat, die Nahrung genießt, über die gemeinsame Menschlichkeit spricht. Und vieles ist, weil sie ein Lebenscoach ist.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Sie hat ein Doktorat in Psychologie. Und der Zweck dieser Reise war, in Australien zu enden, als ihr letzter Stopp, wo Lindsay ihre Forschung präsentieren würde, was es bedeutet, eine gute Leben zu leben. Und in der Tat, sie hatten nur fünf Tage geplant, in Iran zu bleiben, und sind stattdessen seit Anfang Januar verhaftet.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
There is. The Foreign Office currently advises British nationals to avoid all travel to Iran. It adds that British and British Iranian dual nationals are at significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention. It even says that having a British passport or connections to the UK can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you. But they actually knew about these risks.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
It's very clear because Lindsay foreman posted about it on social media prior to making the trip they said they're facing their fears and defying recommendations from friends family and the fcdo travel advice
Global News Podcast
Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
She acknowledged that travelling to Iran and to Pakistan, which was her next stop, was risky and in her words slightly scary, but that they hoped the reward would be worth it and that they'd hired a tour guide and were taking every precaution.
Global News Podcast
Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
They said that they believed they'd be able to really show that the world had some form of shared humanity and that they were doing this with the best of intentions.