# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olivier-vandecasteele
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:46:30.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olivier-vandecasteele"
name: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
slug: "olivier-vandecasteele"
description: "Olivier Vandecasteele is a Belgian humanitarian aid worker who was arrested and taken state hostage in Iran on 24 February 2022. Following a trial, he was firstly sentenced to 28 years in December 2022, then sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes in January 2023. Victim of \"Hostage Diplomacy\", Vandecasteele was kept hostage \"in unbearable conditions\" in Iran for 456 days. He was released on 26 May 2023. His case is considered to be \"a flagrant violation of international law\" following the United Nations and Amnesty International."
tagline: "Belgian aid worker imprisoned in Iran"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banner_freeoliviervandecasteele_Brussels_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1981-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             1.390728476821192
  historical:           6.357921333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/oliviervdc/"
    handle:    "oliviervdc"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/olivier.vandecasteele.75"
    handle:    "olivier.vandecasteele.75"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-vandecasteele-a85717/"
    handle:    "olivier-vandecasteele-a85717"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14497351/"
    handle:    "nm14497351"
sources:
  - url: "https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "اولیویه واندکاستیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele"
    title: "Olivier Vandecasteele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115733311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump