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Iran and the United States will soon conduct a prisoner exchange, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic Hossein Amirabdollahyan said on Sunday, Bloomberg reported..
Deal likely involves several US-Iranian citizens detained in Tehran.
“If everything goes well on the part of the United States, we may soon witness a prisoner exchange,” Amirabdollahyan said, without giving details..
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There are currently no diplomatic relations between the US and Iran.. They were torn apart in 1980, after the Islamic Revolution..
In 2021, the countries held a prisoner exchange: Xiyue Wang, an American researcher of Chinese origin, accused by the Iranian authorities of espionage, was released in exchange for the release of Iranian scientist, Professor Massoud Soleimani, who was arrested in the United States.