Belgium summoning Iranian ambassador over Iran sentencing Belgian citizen
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 07:15 | 10 January 2023
- Modified Date: 07:20 | 10 January 2023
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.
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