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British couple lose Iran jail sentence appeal, family says A British couple jailed in Iran on espionage charges have lost an appeal against their 10-year sentence, according to their family.

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What happened

British couple lose Iran jail sentence appeal, family says A British couple jailed in Iran on espionage charges have lost an appeal against their 10-year sentence, according to their family.

Why it matters

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a round-the-world motorcycle trip.

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They were accused of spying - charges they … Related storyboards

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a round-the-world motorcycle trip”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that Craig and Lindsay Foreman are a British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges in January 2025. This is also corroborated by BBC News.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Craig and Lindsay Foreman are a British couple who were detained in Iran on charges of espionage in January 2025. On 19 February 2026, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced them to 10 years in pris…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Craig_and_Lindsay…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran hostage diplomacy refers to the use of arbitrary detention of foreign nationals and dual citizens by the Islamic Republic of Iran as a tool of statecraft. This practice is employed to exert press…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran's_hostage_diplomacy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Republic of Iran has, since 1979 and the Iran hostage crisis, engaged in repeated detentions of foreign or dual nationals. These detentions have lasted for extended periods, with a documen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_nationals_deta…
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Claim 2: “The attack on Kuwait was the first since the accord”
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Web search results mention attacks on Kuwait's airport in June 2026 and a 'fragile ceasefire', but there is no clear, authoritative confirmation across multiple sources that this specific attack was the 'first since the accord'. One source mentions a 1990-91 crisis accord, which is historically distinct from the 2026 events.
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web search NEUTRAL — 7. Since the signing of the Camp David Accords, there had been a kind of unofficial, but nonetheless effective, area-wide symmetry of power in the. Arab world ...
https://ncusar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2017-08-02-kuw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 · The attack was in retaliation for a U.S. bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, escalating tensions in the 12-day Iran-Israel war. Damage & ...
https://www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia/posts/a-deadly-strike-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 · Iranian strikes set Kuwait's largest airport ablaze amid fragile ceasefire with the U.S.. The U.S. said its ceasefire with Iran is still holding ...
https://www.facebook.com/newshour/posts/an-attack-by-iran-te…
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Claim 3: “Common Side Effects returns with season two in early 2027”
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While evidence confirms 'Common Side Effects' was renewed for a second season on March 28, 2025, none of the provided sources specify a release date of 'early 2027'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Common Side Effects is an American adult animated television series created by Joe Bennett and Steve Hely for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. It was produced by Bandera Enter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Side_Effects
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shaadi Ke Side Effects (transl. Side effects of marriage) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Saket Chaudhary, and starring Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. It is the sequel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaadi_Ke_Side_Effects
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Side Effects is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It stars Rooney Mara as a woman who is prescribed experimental drugs by psychiatrists (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_Effects_(2013_film)
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Claim 4: “The US military launched a second wave of airstrikes against Iran on Saturday on President Donald Trump's orders”
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PBS, CNN, and other web search results confirm that the US military launched airstrikes against Iran on a Saturday under the orders of President Donald Trump.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, whi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion
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Claim 5: “A British couple jailed in Iran on espionage charges have lost an appeal against their 10-year sentence”
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The claim is reported by BBC News and multiple other web sources (including a Reddit thread citing the news) confirming that the couple lost their appeal against a 10-year sentence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia or the Allied invasion of Iran, was the joint invasion of the officially neutral Imperial State of Iran by the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranians in the United Kingdom consist of people of Iranian nationality who have settled in the United Kingdom, as well as British residents and citizens of Iranian heritage. Iranians in the United Ki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_United_Kingdom
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Claim 6: “Tehran struck Bahrain and Kuwait”
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Multiple independent cross-references from Flipboard report that Iran launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran has launched attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/giving-iran-control-of-stra…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait as US strikes near Hormuz
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-taps-housing-finance-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/watch-live-rubio-testifies-…
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Claim 7: “Adult Swim returned to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a broad slate of announcements and first looks this week”
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Multiple sources, including Animation Scoop and Adult Swim Central, confirm Adult Swim's presence at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with announcements and first looks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States and Japan have dominated the adult animation market since the early 1970s, later varied to countries including the United Kingdom, China, France, Spain, South Korea and the Philippines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_animation_by_country
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Common Side Effects is an American adult animated television series created by Joe Bennett and Steve Hely for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. It was produced by Bandera Enter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Side_Effects
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Curtis is an upcoming American adult animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano for Adult Swim. The series is a spin-off of Rick and Morty and centers around President Andre …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Curtis_(TV_series)
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