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Iran Releases Polish Scientist Held for Months 

Maciej Walczak. Nicolaus (Copernicus University)
Maciej Walczak. Nicolaus (Copernicus University)
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Iran Releases Polish Scientist Held for Months 

Maciej Walczak. Nicolaus (Copernicus University)
Maciej Walczak. Nicolaus (Copernicus University)

A Polish scientist held in Iran for months was released and returned home to Poland in December, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Friday.  

Maciej Walczak, a researcher at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, central Poland, is "safe and sound and with his family", Lukasz Jasina said in a message to AFP, without elaborating. 

Copernicus University spokesman Marcin Czyzniewski said several months ago that Walczak had been held in Iran since September 2021. 

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Berlin Says It Is Prepared to Increase Pressure on Israel Over Gaza 

A Palestinian reacts as he waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian reacts as he waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)
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Berlin Says It Is Prepared to Increase Pressure on Israel Over Gaza 

A Palestinian reacts as he waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)
A Palestinian reacts as he waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)

The German government said on Monday that it is prepared to take steps to put pressure on Israel with regards to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but did not give details on what they could be.

"The chancellor was very clear in the phone conversation with the Israeli prime minister ... that the federal government is prepared to increase the pressure if progress is not made," a spokesperson said.

"In principle we are prepared to take further steps, which is also the purpose of this afternoon's security meeting," he said, referring to a meeting of the German security cabinet.