Austria says 2 citizens held in Iran released, thanks Belgium and Oman

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Iran, facing Western sanctions over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, has faced protests in recent months and economic strain.
35% : Last week, a prisoner exchange between Belgium and Iran saw an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb exiles in France returning to Tehran while a visibly gaunt aid worker headed back to Brussels.
33% :Iran has detained a number of foreigners and dual nationals over the years, accusing them of espionage or other state security offenses and sentencing them following secretive trials in which rights groups say they have been denied due process.
32% : Critics have repeatedly accused Iran of using such prisoners as bargaining chips with the West.

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