Diplomat’s Release from Belgium Prison Victory for Iranians: Government Official
News - Middle East: The release of Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat who was detained in Belgium on false terror-related charges, is a victory for the Iranian nation, according to a senior government official in Tehran.
Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president's deputy chief of staff for political affairs, said in a post on Twitter on Friday that the president of the Islamic Republic had asserted that the first step for “engagement” is the release of the diplomat.
Assadi arrived in Iran on Friday. He was released after five years, following an Oman-brokered deal.
Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted that the "innocent" diplomat who was "illegally detained in Germany and Belgium for more than two years against international law" was freed after Muscat mediated a deal between Iran and Belgium to swap prisoners.
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