DUBAI — Iran is optimistic a prisoner swap with Washington will happen 'in the near future', Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday (Sept 11), adding that Tehran's frozen US$6 billion (S$8.16 billion) assets in South Korea will be unblocked in the coming days. However, Nasser Kanaani said the two issues were not linked to one another. Sources told Reuters...
DUBAI — Iran is optimistic a prisoner swap with Washington will happen "in the near future", Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday , adding that Tehran's frozen US$6 billion assets in South Korea will be unblocked in the coming days.
As a first step, Iran on Aug 10 released four US citizens from Tehran’s Evin prison into house arrest, where they joined a fifth, who was already under house arrest. Later that day US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the move the first step of a process that would lead to their return home.