Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Two British nationals — a man and a woman — have been arrested in Iran, the Foreign Office has confirmed. News of their arrest first came from state-run media in Iran which said they were in custody in the south-eastern city of Kerman, accused of unspecified security-related offences. It did not name them but published a photograph of them with their faces blurred, meeting the British ambassador, Hugo Shorter, at the prosecutor’s office in Kerman on Wednesday. The Foreign Office currently advises against all travel to Iran, saying that British and British-Iranian dual nationals are at ‘significant risk’ of arrest, questioning or detention. ‘Having a British passport or connections to the UK can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you,’ the advice says.” (02/13/25)