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Iran-Belgium relations

Belgian police conduct their investigation outside a synagogue that was his by a blast overnight in Liege, Belgium, March 9, 2026. (John Thys/AFP)
March 12, 2026, 11:45 pm
As Mideast war rages, fear rises in Europe of Iran-orchestrated terror attacks
After string of Tehran-linked bombings and shootings rock US, Belgium and Norway, worries mount over regime’s potential to leverage terror as a foreign policy tool
By AFP and ToI Staff
The family of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, right, walk out to greet him on the tarmac as he disembarks from a Belgian military aircraft at Melsbroek military airport in Melsbroek, Belgium, Friday, May 26, 2023. (Didier Lebrun/Pool Photo via AP)
May 27, 2023, 12:57 am
Belgian aid worker held in Iran returns home in swap for diplomat behind bomb plot
Prisoner exchange frees Olivier Vandecasteele after 15 months in exchange for Assadollah Assadi, who handed off explosives for use at an Iranian opposition rally outside Paris
By Matthieu Demeestere
Protesters wear clothes reading 'Free Olivier' during a solidarity demonstration with Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele in Brussels on December 25, 2022. (François Walschaerts/AFP)
May 26, 2023, 12:39 pm
Iran releases Belgian aid worker in exchange for diplomat convicted of bomb plot
Move is mediated by Oman, with Olivier Vandecasteele transferred to Muscat; Iran’s Assadollah Assadi had been convicted in scheme targeting Iranian exiles
By AP
Lawyers and family of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, imprisoned in Iran, hold a press conference in Brussels on December 9, 2022 (NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / BELGA / AFP)
December 14, 2022, 4:55 pm
Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 28 years in prison for alleged spying
Olivier Vandecasteele, 41, has been in custody since February; family says he is being held hostage as Tehran demands freedom of man jailed in Belgium for terrorism
By AFP
Anti-regime Iranian dissidents protest outside the Belgian Parliament against a prisoner exchange deal with Tehran that will potentially see the release of convicted Iranian agent and terrorist Assadollah Assadi on July 5, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
July 6, 2022, 6:00 pm
Belgium lawmakers approve first reading of controversial Iran prisoner swap treaty
Pact has been slammed by an Iranian dissident group, some US lawmakers and Amnesty International as paving way for release of Iranian diplomat jailed on terrorism conviction
By AFP
Anti-regime Iranian dissidents protest outside the Belgian Parliament against a prisoner exchange deal with Tehran that will potentially see the release of convicted Iranian agent and terrorist Assadollah Assadi on July 5, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
July 5, 2022, 2:25 pm
Belgian citizen held in Iran for four months over ‘espionage’ charges
Brussels says man has been in ‘illegal’ detention since February 24 arrest; prisoner swap with Tehran could see release of convicted terrorist
By Matthieu Demeestere
People wave flags after the trial of four persons, including an Iranian diplomate and Belgian-Iranian couple at the courthouse in Antwerp, Belgium, February 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
February 4, 2021, 11:41 pm
Iran condemns jailing of diplomat in Belgium convicted of bomb plot
Tehran says 20-year sentence given to Assadollah Assadi over supplying explosives for thwarted attack is ‘illegal and in flagrant violation of international law’
By AFP
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