Belgian aid worker released in prisoner exchange with Iran.
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Belgium and Iran have carried out a prisoner swap involving Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele and Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi. Mr Vandecasteele was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes in January after an Iranian court convicted him of espionage and several other charges. Mr Assadi was jailed for 20 years by a court in Belgium, which found him guilty of plotting a bomb attack on an exiled Iranian opposition group's rally in France.
- Olivier Vandecasteele: Belgian aid worker freed in exchange for Iranian diplomat BBC
- Iran, Belgium agree to swap prisoners: Oman Al Jazeera English
- Belgian aid worker, Iranian diplomat freed in prisoner exchange FRANCE 24 English
- Iran releases Belgian aid worker in prisoner swap POLITICO Europe
- NGO worker Olivier Vandecasteele freed from imprisonment in Iran Euronews
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