Belgian aid worker, Iranian diplomat freed in prisoner swap

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Oman's foreign ministry said earlier an agreement had been reached under which prisoners were released and transported from Brussels and Tehran to Muscat, the Omani capital, on Friday in preparation for their repatriation.
44% : A Belgian aid worker jailed in Iran and an Iranian diplomat imprisoned in Belgium were freed on Friday in a swap agreement mediated by Oman, both sides said.
44% : A treaty took force last month under which Belgian prisoners in Iran can serve their sentences at home and vice versa.
39% : Aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele had been arrested on a visit to Iran in February 2022 and sentenced in January to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges including spying.
39% :Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian described Assadi in a Twitter post as "our country's innocent diplomat who was illegally arrested against international law", and said he would return to Iran soon.

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