Olivier Vandecasteele: Belgian aid worker freed in exchange for Iranian diplomat
Belgium and Iran have carried out a prisoner swap involving Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele and Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi./ The Belgian prime minister announced that Mr Vandecasteele was currently flying home "after 455 days in prison in Tehran in unbearable conditions"./ Mr Assadi, who Iran's foreign minister said was "illegally detained" for two years, has arrived in Tehran./ The two men were first transported to Oman, which brokered the exchange./ Mr Vandecasteele was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes in ...
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