25 days to go! Spanish man trekking to World Cup believed arrested in Iran

The parents of Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, Celia Cogedor, left and Santiago Sanchez speak during an interview with The Associated Press in their home in Henches, Spain, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. The family of a Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup say he is believed to be under arrest in Iran, where he went missing more than three weeks ago. Celia Cogedor, the mother of 41-year-old trekker Santiago Sanchez, told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 26 that the Spanish foreign ministry said there's a 99% chance he has been arrested. (AP Photo/Paul White)

A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup is believed to be under arrest in Iran where he went missing more than three weeks ago, his family said Wednesday.

"We learned this morning from the (Spanish) foreign ministry that there's a 99% chance he is arrested," Celia Cogedor, the mother of 41-year-old trekker Santiago Sanchez, told The Associated Press.