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Azerbaijan and Armenia announced the start of a prisoner exchange, more than a month after a peace deal was signed ending weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The deal to unfreeze $6bn of Iranian funds came as part of a prisoner swap that saw the US and Iran exchange five prisoners.
Iran's foreign minister has said that Tehran is open to discussing prisoner swaps with the US on humanitarian grounds.
The cross-border prisoner exchange comes amid peace talks which have raised hopes for an end to Yemen's eight-year-old war.
The prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran could take place as early as next week, according to eight Iranian and others familiar with the deal.
Many of the prisoners had not seen family members or loved ones during their detention period, and were reunited in 'emotional scenes' across Yemen.
Iranian government spokesperson, Ali Rabiei reportedly said Iran is waiting on a green light from Washington to proceed with a prisoner swap.
Tehran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said in an address to the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday.
A Swiss diplomat and two German intelligence officials have reportedly joined forces with an Egyptian general to broker a prisoner swap between Hamas and the Israeli government.
The US envoy pressed the Afghan government and the Taliban to move ahead with a delayed prisoner swap amid the rapidly spreading coronavirus.