Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amiradbollahian says the U.S. and Iran have come to an agreement on a prisoner exchange, he claimed on Iranian state television.
The U.S. and Iran have come to an agreement to exchange prisoners in the near future,Amiradbollahian made the announcement during a Sunday appearance on Iranian state television, though the U.S. has yet to confirm a swap.soon rejected the official's claim, however, saying reporters of an agreement were a"cruel lie."
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says the U.S. and Iran have reached a prisoner exchange agreement. For years, Tehran has sought the release of more than a dozen Iranians in the United States, including seven Iranian-American dual nationals, two Iranians with permanent U.S. residency and four Iranian citizens with no legal status in the United States.
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