5 Americans detained to be freed Monday under prisoner swap deal, Iran Foreign Ministry says
A prisoner swap between Iran and the United States is predicted to happen on Monday, officers stated.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani acknowledged throughout a press convention that the swap would happen Monday with out offering further data, in accordance to The Associated Press. The deal consists of releasing 5 Iranians imprisoned within the US for 5 Americans imprisoned in Iran, and the releasing of some $6 billion as soon as frozen in South Korea.
Kanaani stated the money, a key aspect of the deliberate swap, is now in Qatar.
“We witnessed freezing of parts(sic) Iranian assets in some countries including South Korea,” Kanaani stated. “As part of our policy of active foreign diplomacy, fortunately Iran’s frozen assets in South Korea were released and God willing today the assets will start to be fully controlled by the government and the nation.”
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Some $6 billion of Iranian property as soon as frozen in South Korea is in Qatar, a key aspect for a deliberate prisoner swap between Tehran and the United States, an Iranian official stated Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Iranian Foreign Ministry by way of AP)
“On the subject of the prisoner swap, it will happen today and five prisoners, citizens of the Islamic Republic, will be released from the prisons in the U.S.,” Kanaani added. “Five imprisoned citizens who were in Iran will be given to the U.S. side reciprocally, based on their will. We expect these two issues [to] fully take place based on the agreement.”
Kanaani stated two of the Iranian prisoners will stay within the U.S.
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The Biden Administration has not but acknowledged the feedback or confirmed the time of the swap.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.