Iran is Ready to Exchange More Prisoners With The US

Published June 8th, 2020 - 07:10 GMT
US President Donald Trump (L) and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. (AFP/ File Photo)
US President Donald Trump (L) and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. (AFP/ File Photo)

Iran is ready for further prisoner exchanges with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday.

Michael White, a US Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, was freed last Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed Iranian-American physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran.

White’s release came two days after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian professor imprisoned in the US despite having being acquitted of stealing trade secrets.


"If the possibility of exchanging prisoners exists, we have the readiness to free the rest of the individuals who are imprisoned in America and return them to the country," Mousavi said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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