Oh my goodness.  They have now lost weeks, months, perhaps years of their life simply because they wanted to test Iran.  So unwise.  Quotes from the article about Craig and Lindsay Foreman:  “The UK government advises against all but essential travel to these areas, and the news paints a pretty grim picture,” they posted on Facebook on Dec. 30. “We want to find out for ourselves. That is why we are here.”  …  The post included two images side-by-side: one of the Foreign Office’s orange and yellow map of Iran, advising British citizens not to travel to Iran, and another of a photo of the green lawns of a mosque, an image whose location was pinned to Norduz, near Iran’s border with Armenia.”  See “British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran,” NYT, 2-15-25.

“Students in Iran continue protests over 19-year-old’s murder on campus for second day,” Fox, 2-15-25.

“Iran’s abandoned bases in Syria: Years of military expansion lie in ruins,” BBC, 2-15-25.

“Iran is rearming; is China covertly resupplying them? – report,” JPost, 2-15-25.

What they say about Turkey.  “The Turkish media’s role in shaping perceptions of Iran’s regional strategy,” Tehran Times, 2-15-25.