Iran frees jailed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele in prisoner exchange
- Belgium and Iran are currently undergoing a prisoner swap, with the release of an aid worker named Olivier Vandecasteele who was being held by Tehran. Oman has served as an interlocutor for the talks between the two countries.
- It is not clear who Iran is receiving in exchange for the release of Vandecasteele, although Iranian state media repeated Oman's announcement.
- Iran has detained several foreigners and dual nationals on the grounds of espionage or other state security offenses over the years, which has led to accusations of using these prisoners as bargaining chips with the West.
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Aid worker back in Belgium after Iranian diplomat prisoner swap
BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) -A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being freed in a prisoner swap with an Iranian diplomat who had been imprisoned in Belgium in connection with a failed bomb plot. Aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, 42, was arrested on a visit to Iran in February 2022 and sentenced in January to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges including…
Belgian Aid Worker, Iranian Diplomat Freed in Prisoner Swap - Khaama Press
Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was detained for 15 months in Iran, were freed on Friday in an exchange mediated by Oman, officials said. Following his release on Friday, the 42-year-old Belgian was met by his parents, sister, and other family members on the tarmac of the military facility in Melsbroek near Brussels. He was freed in a prisoner exchange for an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism. Assadi was the third-ranking rep…
Aid worker arrives in Belgium after prisoner swap with Iranian diplomat
Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian humanitarian worker who had been jailed in Iran for 15 months, arrived in Belgium late Friday after being deported in a military plane, images broadcast on television showed. The 42-year-old was received on the tarmac of the Melsbroek military post outside Brussels by his parents, sister, and other family members after he was released on Friday. The images shown on RTL-TVI channel showed that the plane bringin
Detained for 15 months in Iran, the humanitarian Olivier Vandecasteele was repatriated on a military plane to Belgium The Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was detained
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