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At the centre of the negotiations that forged the deal between the superpower Iran brands the 'Great Satan' and the Islamic Republic that Washington calls a state sponsor of terrorism is the tiny but politically significant state of Qatar.
Belgium's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, potentially paving the way for a swap between a Belgian aid worker imprisoned by Tehran and an Iranian diplomat jailed in Belgium on terrorism charges.
In 2011, Hamas and Israel implemented a prisoner exchange deal in which Israel released 1,027 Palestinian detainees, including prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, in return for Hamas freeing captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow hoped 'the interests of both parties' would be taken into account.
Five American citizens freed by Iran in a swap deal have landed in Qatar.
A narrow window remains for progress in prisoner exchange talks as Israel's impending annexation of the West Bank threatens to scupper the deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 103 soldiers were 'returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity'.
State Department spokesman Ned Price called Amir-Abdollahian's claim that a deal had been reached "another especially cruel lie that only adds to the suffering of their (the prisoners') families".
Analysis: Four years on from the "Shalit deal" which saw 1,027 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, could a new deal help defuse fresh tensions?
Sources said the talks were being mediated by the UAE and did not include the UN despite the latter's central role in negotiating the ongoing initiative to export agricultural products from Ukraine's Black Sea ports.