State Department refutes reports on US-Iran prisoner swap agreement
The Al Mayadeen TV channel reported earlier that the US authorities may unfreeze $7 bln worth of Iranian assets within the deal with Tehran
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WASHINGTON, May 2. /TASS/. The reports that a prisoner swap agreement has been reached by the US and Iran are not true, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price told TASS on Sunday. Reports that a prisoner swap deal has been reached are not true, Price said. As we have said, we always raise the cases of Americans detained or missing in Iran. We will not stop until we are able to reunite them with their families, he added.
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