Couple held in Iran

[StrawDonkey]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626p6pz7xlo

AIBU to not understand why anyone would go on a motorcycle trip to Iran? Advice is not to go there at all but I can understand that someone desperate to see family would take a risk.

It's breathtakingly stupid...what on earth were they thinking?

I must admit to having little sympathy for them.
Total idiots

I would not go.
I have been, in the past, like ten years ago or so, but I would stay well out of it in these days.

I agree. I was amazed when I read this. I hope they are speedily released but what a pair of chumps.

My dads from there and I’d never go near the place - neither would he. Idiots

I have zero sympathy- classic middle class arrogance, assuming they know better than all the advice.

They knew the risks.

she acknowledged that travelling to the Iran, against Foreign Office advice, and to Pakistan was risky and "slightly scary".

Absolute idiots.

I know many people who have travelled / travel to Iran and love it (it’s not as depicted by Western media).

I would not go right this instant with the current hostilities in the region but it is definitely on my bucket list

"British and British-Iranian dual nationals are at significant risk of arrest, questioning or detention," advice says. "Having a British passport or connections to the UK can be reason enough for the Iranian authorities to detain you."

But they went anyway and now they're detained. Idiotic behaviour.

No sympathy, they're a pair of idiots.

Iran is a wonderful place, and I'm so glad that I went when I did.
But they were stupid, because apart from anything else, even when I went, it was compulsory for Brits to travel with an agent. Being there independently of a travel company was not allowed. To do so at a less stable time was just foolish.

ETA apparently they WERE with a tour guide. But still, really not a safe time to be there.

No sympathy for them.

It's just pure arrogance and entitlement

I have sympathy. They obviously had a naively optimistic view of human nature. They aren't bad people.

I have no sympathy I am afraid. Surely they must have heard of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

100% this.

After Nazanin there's no way they should have gone

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14400895/Captive-British-couple-Craig-Lindsay-Foremans-haunting-post-ignoring-advice-travel-Iran.html

The link above shows posts from them saying they are ignoring advice from their family, friends and the foreign office. I hope nobody is put at risk to rescue them.

I've just read this and thought "idiots who think they know best" so I'm glad to find a thread here where the general feeling is the same.

It was like the family who travelled abroad to free birth and then seemed shocked their child didn't have a nationality and couldn't get a passport. 🤦‍♀️

It cost us £400m to get Nazanin and the other hostages back (yes technically money we owed).

Its breathtakingly arrogant that someone would willingly put themselves at extreme risk and I have no sympathy.

Arrogant reckless and entitled.

Utter morons

Maybe they’ll meet some incredible people in prison and memories.

This.

I'd LOVE to go to many beautiful places in that part of the world. But the risks are just so high if it goes wrong.

I already to go to places people can't fathom anyone wanting to go, that's a step further.