Iran ready to swap prisoners with US and calls on Biden to stop the 'theatrics'
Iran ready to swap prisoners with US and calls on Biden to stop the 'theatrics'
Iran said it was ready for a prisoner swap with the US a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted about the 2,500-day 'wrongful' detention of Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi.
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Tehran has sought the release of over a dozen Iranians in the United States [source: Getty]
Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the its foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday, calling on 's administration to "act instead of performing theatrical shows".
Tehran has sought the release of over a dozen in the United States, including seven Iranian-American dual nationals, two Iranians with permanent USÌýresidency and four Iranian citizens with no legal status in the United States.
"We are ready to swap prisoners with Washington ... The USÌýmust release jailed Iranian citizens without any conditions," the semi-official Fars news agency quoted foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying.
On Tuesday, USÌýSecretary of State tweeted that Siamak Namazi had now spent 2,500 days "wrongfully detained" in Iran and Washington was determined to secure the freedom of all Americans held by its Middle East adversary.
Kannani spoke with Tehran and Washington trying to revive a after lengthy negotiations.
The European Union and United States said on Tuesday they were studying Iran's response to what the EU has called its "final" proposal to save the deal, after Tehran called on Washington to show flexibility.
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