Belgium has released the Iranian spy chief, Assadollah Assadi, who was charged in a Paris bomb plot, as part of a prisoner swap for aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele.
Iran and Belgium have conducted a deeply controversial prisoner swap with mediation by the country of Oman, which has led to the release of an aid worker and a diplomat.
Tehran was able to secure the release of Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi, who was serving 20 years in a Belgian prison after his 2021 conviction for ...