Vandecasteele (42) back home and united with family and friends after 455 days in an Iranian cell: “He is already joking again"

Olivier Vandecasteele, the Belgian NGO employee who had been imprisoned in Iran since February 26 last year, arrived in our country at half past nine yesterday evening. There, after 455 days in an Iranian cell, he finally embraced his family. “He is in good health and is already joking again,” said Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib (MR) at VRT NWS. A press conference will be held this morning at 10.30 am, but it is not known whether Vandecasteele will be there.

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