Five prisoners sought by America in prisoner exchange leave from Tehran
By the will of Allah, from today onwards all the property will come under the control of the government and the country. Kanani said, “As far as the exchange of prisoners is concerned, it will happen today and five citizens of the Islamic Republic will be released from America’s jail. “Five prisoners held in Iran will be handed over to America,” he said.
Five prisoners sought by the US in a prisoner exchange with Iran have left Tehran on Monday. An officer gave this information. Based on an analysis of flight traffic data, the AP found that the Qatar Airways plane took off from Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, which has been used in prisoner exchanges in the past. Soon after, Iranian state media said the plane had taken off from Tehran. The officer gave this information on condition of anonymity because the process of exchange of prisoners is still going on.
Earlier in the day, officials had said that this exchange of prisoners will take place after the frozen Iranian assets worth about six billion dollars reach Qatar. This is one of the main terms of the swap. The exchange of prisoners does not mean that tensions between the US and Iran have reduced. There is tension between the two countries on various issues including Iran’s nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful but its uranium enrichment is currently approaching pure uranium suitable for making weapons. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani was the first to admit that the prisoner exchange would take place on Monday.
He said that the cash amount demanded for this swap is now with Qatar. This amount was earlier with South Korea. Kanani made this comment in a press conference broadcast on state television, but further telecast was stopped after his comment. Kanani said, “Iran’s assets, which were ‘frozen’ (transactions banned) in some countries including South Korea, have now been ‘defreezed’.
By the will of Allah, from today onwards all the property will come under the control of the government and the country. Kanani said, “As far as the exchange of prisoners is concerned, it will happen today and five citizens of the Islamic Republic will be released from America’s jail. He said, “Five prisoners held in Iran will be handed over to America.” He said that two of the Iranian prisoners will remain in America.
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