Belgium advances deal to release Iranian terrorist
If the treaty is approved, Belgium will release Assadollah Assadi, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2021.
Police officers stand guard before a trial of Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi, charged in Belgium with planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France, at the entrance to the court building in Antwerp, Belgium November 27, 2020.(photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS)Updated: