Iran, Belgium complete prisoner swap mediated by Oman

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said will travel to Iran on Sunday, his first visit to Tehran since coming to power in 2020, Omani state media reported.
59% : Tehran realized that for this to happen, an exchange with a Belgian had to be possible," the party told Belgium daily Le Soir.
50% : Innocent," describing his return to Belgium as "a relief for his family, friends and colleagues."Oman roleOman said that the Belgian humanitarian worker had been released as part of a "mutual exchange" of two detainees between Iran and Belgium.
50% : A statement by Omani authorities, published by Agence France-Presse, said that "the individuals who were released have been transported from Tehran and Brussels to Muscat today ...
46% : Two French prisoners detained in the northeast of Iran, Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, were released from jail and sent back to Paris on May 12 in what was described by the sides as a humanitarian move.
45% : PARIS -- Iran released late Thursday Belgian national Olivier Vandecasteele, who had been detained in the country since February 2022, in exchange for the release of Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi, in a deal mediated by Oman.
40% : According to the British Foreign Ministry, at least 40 foreign and dual nationals were arrested during the September 2022 protests in Tehran.
38% : The prisoner swap became possible after the high court of Belgium upheld a treaty reached last year between Brussels and Tehran, setting a legal framework for such a deal.
35% :"Iran understood that it needed a hostage to free diplomat Assadollah Assadi, detained in Belgium since 2018 and recognized as a terrorist.
35% : Four other French nationals are still detained in Iran, as is German-Iranian dual national Jamshid Sharmahd, sentenced to death in late April.
33% : Vandecasteele, 42, was sentenced last January to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes over alleged espionage, while Assadi, 51, has been detained in Belgium since 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a bomb attack against a rally organized by Iranian dissidents (the National Council of Resistance of Iran) near Paris.
31% : De Croo said that "Olivier spent 455 days in prison in Tehran.

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