Nevertheless, in an interview Sunday with Iranian state tv, Amirabdollahian claimed that Iran had “reached an settlement in latest days concerning the trade of prisoners between Iran and the US.”
“If all the things goes properly on the American’s aspect, I feel we are going to see the trade of prisoners within the quick time period,” he added. He alleged a doc between Iran and the U.S. laying out the trade had been “not directly signed and accepted” since March 2022.
The U.S. State Division and the White Home didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark Sunday from The Related Press.
Iran lengthy has taken prisoners with Western passports or ties to make use of in negotiations with overseas nations.
As of proper now, there are not less than 4 Americans identified to be held in Iranian prisons on broadly disputed espionage costs.
The proof in opposition to them has by no means been made public. The detainees all have twin U.S.-Iranian citizenship, one thing Tehran doesn’t acknowledge.
In latest days, nevertheless, longtime Iranian-American detainee Siamak Namazi was allowed to conduct an interview with CNN from Tehran’s infamous Evin jail — one thing that may not have occurred with out the acquiescence of safety forces.
In the meantime, Ali Bagheri Kani, a deputy Iranian overseas minister who has dealt with nuclear talks with world powers, made a visit Sunday to Oman, a longtime interlocutor between Tehran and Washington.
Amirabdollahian’s feedback additionally come after Iran and Saudi Arabia, with Chinese language mediation, introduced Friday they’d reestablish diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after a seven-year freeze in relations.
