Iran not willing to tie prisoner swap to nuclear talks: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a phone call with UN Secretary General António Guterres said Iran considers prisoner swap as a…
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Iran angles for prisoner swap deal with US
Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi announced that Tehran has submitted to Washington a list of Iranian nationals held in…
Iran sends US list of names for its proposed prisoner swap
AP — Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday it has sent the United States a list of names it is demanding in a…
Iran still ready for prisoner swap with US: Foreign Ministry
Press TV – The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the Islamic Republic is still ready to negotiate a prisoner exchange with the United…
Zarif says received no proposal from US on prisoner exchange
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran has received no proposals from the US on exchange of prisoners between…
US fails to give ‘constructive response’ to Iran’s prisoner swap offer
Press TV – Iran says Washington’s failure to give a constructive response to the Iranian foreign minister’s prisoner swap offer shows the…
Zarif: Iran made no offer to US for talks
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister said that Iran has made no offer to US for talks and gave response to their suggestion…
Iran open to prisoner swap if US has ‘change of attitude,’ says Foreign Minister
CBS News– In an interview with “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan, Iran’s top diplomat denounced American attempts to secure the release…
Trump mad at law enforcement, lawmakers over Iran payment
AP — President Donald Trump is railing against law enforcement and lawmakers — this time over an Obama-era payment to Iran. Trump…
U.S. secretly offered Iran a channel for talks on prisoners
The Wall Street Journal – The Trump administration secretly reached out to Iran in December to propose creating a direct channel to…
Iran,Turkey agree to transfer convicts
MNA –Following negotiations initiated by Iranian foreign ministry, embassy to Ankara, and justice ministry four Iranian convicts were returned to Iran. Four…
2nd stage of Iran-Turkmenistan prisoner swap on agenda
IRNA – The second stage of prisoner swap between Iran and Turkmenistan has been on the agenda and Iranian mission in Turkmenistan…
House oversight committee launches probe into Iran nuke deal
Sputnik -Members of the Republican-controlled Congress have announced an investigation into whether terms of the 2016 Iran nuclear deal set by the…
Obama administration made last-ditch attempt to free Americans from Iranian prison
Huffington Post– In the final weeks of Barack Obama’s presidency, administration representatives held secret negotiations with Iranian officials, aimed at securing the…
Jason Rezaian’s lawsuit against Iran ‘injudicious’
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – A Principlist parliamentarian has criticized Jason Rezaian’s filing of a lawsuit for his alleged unjust arrest as…
Secret concessions to Iran in nuclear deal jeopardize US national security
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said that US President Barack Obama needs to explain the secret concession between the United States…
U.S. signed secret document to lift U.N. sanctions on Iranian banks
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration agreed to back the lifting of United Nations sanctions on two Iranian state banks blacklisted for financing Iran’s ballistic-missile…
Azerbaijan delivers 22 Iranian prisoners to Iran
Azerbaijan has delivered 22 Iranian inmates to the Islamic Republic in line with an agreement on swap of prisoners already reached between the…
US lawmakers rush to bar returning Iran money
US Republicans are pushing through Congress several bills to prevent further return of Iranian money held since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.…
U.S. transfers $1.3 bln more in cash to Iran after initial payment
TEHRAN (ISNA)- US has transferred $1.700 billion to Iran in cash using currencies other than dollars. First $400 million coincided with Iran’s…
GOP leaders promise legislation on $400M payment to Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House leader promised Wednesday that Republicans controlling the chamber will pass legislation addressing the Obama administration’s $400 million…
Armenia to extradite 8 Iranian convicts: Diplomat
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced that eight Iranian convicts will be…
Taking heat, US officials defend $400M cash payment to Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday defended its decision to make a $400 million cash delivery to Iran contingent on…
GOP slams Obama after explanation of $400M payment to Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is facing a storm of Republican criticism after acknowledging that a $400 million cash payment to…
U.S. says payment to Iran used as leverage for prisoners’ release
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it released $400 million in cash to Iran under a tribunal settlement only…
Iran Coverage: Trump backs off false Iran video claim
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Trump admits error in claiming he saw film of Iran cash transfer…
Trump admits error in claiming he saw film of Iran cash transfer
Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump backed off a false claim, admitting he had not seen a…
US State Dep’t denies $400Mln transfer to Iran linked with 4 US citizens release
The US government did not transfer $400 million to Iran in exchange for the release of four US citizens, US State Department…
U.S. sent cash to Iran as Americans were freed
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of…
Iran ambassador: Iran, Turkmenistan to extradite prisoners
Gonbad-e Kavous, July 23, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mohammad Ahmadi said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran and…
Iran, Japan to implement prisoners swap MoU
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Japan and Iran will implement memorandum of understanding on swapping prisoners since second of August this year.…
Kuwait hands off 47 prisoners as part of swap agreement with Iran
Kuwait handed over 47 Iranian prisoners to the Islamic republic under a bilateral prisoner exchange agreement, the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry said in…
Yemen warring parties agree on massive prisoner swap
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen’s fugitive former government and Houthi movement agreed to free half of the prisoners and detainees held by both…
US Republicans had urged Iran to delay prisoner swap, Shamkhani says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said a recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the…
U.S. Republican questions timing of $1.7 billion Iran payment, hostage release
A powerful U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday demanded Secretary of State John Kerry provide an explanation of a $1.7 billion claim settlement paid…
U.S. judge orders explanation of Iran prisoner deal
A federal judge has challenged the U.S. government’s move to drop charges against an Iranian man accused of sanctions violations as part…
Iran’s coverage: US piles on anti-Iran moves despite deal
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: US issues new travel warning to Iran after prisoner swap The State…
US issues new travel warning to Iran after prisoner swap
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Americans should think twice about any nonessential travel to Iran. A new travel warning highlights…
GOP lawmakers question $1.7 billion payment US made to Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s $1.7 billion payment to Iran to settle an arcane, decades-old financial dispute is prompting questions among…
US asks for Iran’s help to solve missing Americans crisis
New York, Jan 22, IRNA – US Secretary of State John Kerry said he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad…