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The imprisonment of Olivier Vandecasteele caused an intense diplomatic row between Belgium and Iran.

Video. NGO worker Olivier Vandecasteele freed from imprisonment in Iran

Updated: 26/05/2023 - 14:04 GMT+2

The Belgium-born NGO worker had been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison in Teheran for widely contested charges of "espionage."

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