Jubilant Spanish Soccer Fan Returns Home After Being Freed by Iran
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Spanish national Santiago Sanchez embraces his mother upon his arrival at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 2, 2024, after his release from an Iranian prison.
A Spanish soccer fan who was detained by the Iranian authorities on espionage charges for over a year as he walked to the Qatar Soccer World Cup from Europe returned to his home country on Tuesday.
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