A British woman held in 50°C heat in an Iranian prison after being imprisoned on espionage charges has been given an intravenous drip, according to her son.

Lindsay Foreman, a therapist from East Sussex, and husband Craig were arrested in January while driving through Kerman, a city on their around-the-world motorcycle tour route.

She is being held in the women-only Qarchak Prison in Tehran which has been branded ‘hell for women and children’ by not-for-profit group Iran Human Rights, among other organisations.

Lindsay, 52, has been forced to stay in a rammed cell with 70 other women where temperatures reach up to 50C, her son Joe Bennett, who branded the spying allegations ‘crazy’, told The Telegraph.

Her husband, 52,is also in worsening physical health after being transferred to Evin

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