Iran: It claims to have agreed to trade prisoners and thaw $ 7 billion with US

The Iran will release four Americans accused of espionage in exchange for four Iranians being held in the United States while the US state will release $ 7 billion in “frozen” Iranian funds, a pro-Iranian Lebanese television network quoted

Iranian state television, citing an official, confirmed Al Mayadeen’s news.

For its part, the State Department denied reports of a prisoner exchange with Iran.

“The information that a prisoner exchange agreement has been reached is not true,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told Reuters.

“As we have said, we always raise the issue of Americans being detained or ignored in Iran. We will not stop until we can reunite them with their families. “

Iran and international forces are in talks to resume the 2015 nuclear deal with Washington, from which it withdrew three years ago.

Iranian officials told Reuters last month that an interim deal could be a way to save time for a permanent settlement that would include the release of Iranian funds blocked by US sanctions.

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