2 arrested in Iran
 

Jolie King and Mark Firkin. Both have dual British/Australian passports. They were traveling in a Troopcarrier and very public about posting their trip on social media. And posting drone pictures. They were apparently arrested for flying a drone in Iran and are currently residing in Evin Prison.
The article is in the 9/12 issue of the Guardian. Maybe someone can post the link.

As much as I feel sorry for those guys, and am sure they had no mal intent, and may not even have known they were breaking the law, it's a sharp reminder to travellers to know and respect the laws and customs of countries they travel in. Iran is being backed into a corner by the western world and subjects of old / current enemies such as the UK should be especially careful.

Often we travellers can get away with playing the dumb tourist but at the wrong time, in the wrong place your luck runs out and suddenly an innocent adventure has big consequences.

Hoping for a quick resolution to this case and no knock-on effect for future travellers.

Sadly, there is another Australian that was arrested last year and who has been found guilty of an unspecified crime and sentanced to 10 years in prison.

I’ve been followed them on YouTube for a while and they seemed to do the right thing. Had escorts etc in Pakistan.

Hope they are ok.


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Jolie King, Mark Firkin link

"Unrelated to the couple’s case, a third Australian is also being held in Evin prison, reportedly in solitary confinement. The Cambridge-educated academic had been lecturing at an Australian university before she was arrested last year. She has reportedly been tried – the charges are unknown – and sentenced to 10 years in jail"

And of course British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe still imprisioned partly due to Mr Johnson's careless and incorrect remarks.