Fears that Belgian held in Iran is being used as bargaining chip | VRT NWS: news

The Swedish Iranian Ahmadreza Djalali VUB guest professor Ahmadreza Djalali is not the only person with ties to Belgium that is being held in an Iranian prison. Since February, a Belgian employee of an international NGO has been held in custody in Teheran. Tuesday’s edition of the daily ‘De Standaard’ reports that the security services fear that the Belgian might be used as a bargaining chip.