RECONSTRUCTION. This is how Olivier Vandecasteele returned from Tehran: “The atmosphere on the plane was tense”

A police convoy at night, a military team of doctors and specialists, an oversized military transport plane working overtime. And yes, even the Royal Family came into the picture: Belgium has pulled out all the stops in recent days to get Olivier Vandecasteele (41) back home after 455 days in Iranian prison. “Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) had a clever plan B in his back pocket that his cabinet had been working on since December.”

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