An innocent and emaciate aid worker held for over a year is traded for an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb exiles in France.  “Belgium, Iran conduct prisoner swap in Oman, freeing aid worker and diplomat convicted in bomb plot,” AP, 5-26-23. But also notice the value the West puts on innocence, and the danger of the U.S. taking this action too—“Despite the contentious optics, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said he would do it again, anytime. “There is a moral compass. If you have the choice between freeing someone innocent or keeping one, or 10 guilty in prison, then you always have to choose the fate of the innocent,” he told VRT network. He compared the exchange to last December’s U.S.-Russian prisoner swap between WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout following her trial and conviction on drug possession charges in Moscow. “The United States did it too,” Van Quickenborne said, adding that it is his “absolute duty to help every innocent Belgian.”