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Belgium summoning Iranian ambassador over Iran sentencing Belgian citizen

Reuters WORLD
Published January 10,2023
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Belgium is summoning the Iranian ambassador after Iran sentenced Belgian citizen Olivier Vandecasteele to 40 years of prison and 74 lashes, Foreign Affairs Minister Hadja Lahbib said Tuesday in a statement.

Vandecasteele was convicted of spying, cooperating with the United States against Iran and money-laundering, charges he has all denied.