Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ner Kanani was the first to admit that the prisoner exchange would take place on Monday. He said that the cash amount demanded for this swap is now with Qatar.
Five prisoners sought by the US as part of a prisoner exchange with Iran left Tehran on Monday and arrived in Qatar. An officer gave this information.
After the detainees reached Qatar, US President Joe Biden said in a statement, “Five innocent Americans imprisoned in Iran are finally returning home today.” The US Ambador to Qatar met the detainees upon the plane’s arrival.
Earlier in the day, AP news agency, based on an analysis of flight movement data, found that the Qatar Airways plane took off from Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, which has been used in the past for prisoner exchanges. Is being done.
Soon after, Iranian state media said the plane had taken off from Tehran. The officer gave this information on condition of anonymity because the process of exchange of prisoners is still going on.
Earlier in the day, officials had said that this exchange of prisoners would take place after Iranian ets worth about six billion dollars, which were once banned, reached Qatar. This is one of the main terms of the swap.
The exchange of prisoners does not mean that tensions between the US and Iran have reduced. There is tension between the two countries on various issues including Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful but its uranium enrichment is currently approaching levels suitable for making weapons.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ner Kanani was the first to admit that the prisoner exchange would take place on Monday. He said that the cash amount demanded for this swap is now with Qatar.
This amount was earlier with South Korea. Kanani made this comment in a press conference broadcast on state television, but further telecast was stopped after his comment.
Kanani said, “Iran’s ets, which were ‘frozen’ (transactions banned) in some countries including South Korea, have now been ‘defreezed’. By the will of Allah, from today onwards all the property will come under the control of the government and the country.
Kanani said, “As far as the exchange of prisoners is concerned, it will take place today and five citizens of the Islamic Republic will be released from the US prison.” He said, “Five prisoners held in Iran will be released to America.” Will be handed over.” He said two of the Iranian prisoners would remain in the US.
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