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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele lost 30 kg (66 lb) but not his sense of humour during over a year in an Iranian jail, his spokesman said on Saturday following his release in a prisoner swap. | 08:44am
BRUSSELS — Freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele lost 30 kg (66 lb) but not his sense of humor during over a year in an Iranian jail, his spokesman…
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Government in Brussels says it is examining an Iranian request to transfer a prisoner
A controversial prisoner swap deal with Iran could go ahead under a Belgian court ruling. But the conditions attached mean the future of a Belgian aid worker remains unclear.
Olivier Vandecasteele was imprisoned in Tehran last February on charges of espionage.