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The US president has thanked Qatar's emir for his role in mediating a prisoner swap deal between Washington and Iran.
The prisoners were greeted by relatives and friends as they landed at an airfield in Fort Belvoir southwest of Washington.
The warning delivered by Britain, France and Germany and the US to a quarterly International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting published on Thursday comes as the West's standoff with Iran has been complicated by secret US-Iran talks.
Japan is also set to meet foreign ministers of the GCC in September in an effort to secure a free trade agreement between Japan and the GCC.
Having failed to revive a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Washington hopes to restore some limits on Iran to keep it from getting a nuclear weapon.
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".
Hong Kong stocks jumped Friday, fueled by China's stimulus, while oil prices climbed on Middle East conflict fears, and most Asian markets saw gains.
![Iran oil tanker [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/09EEB807-B3EE-4E95-880F-4964B0FA8D81.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=RLVzEg9K "Iran oil tanker [Getty]")
Iran is threatening legal action against South Korea if it doesn't pay its dues of over $7 billion for oil shipments, frozen because of US sanctions on Tehran
New EU sanctions on Russia have targeted over a hundred individuals and entities.
Xi Jinping's visit coincides with heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United States over issues ranging from energy policy to regional security and human rights.