Tehran: The Iranian government spokesman said on Tuesday that talking to the United States about the exchange of detainees was still ongoing, two months after Washington denied Iran’s reports were attacked.
The official IRNA news agency quoted a cabinet spokesman Ali Rabiei said swap negotiations were based on humanitarian interests.
“This talk is underway and if there are acceptable results achieved, it will be announced,” he said, without describing.
Rabiei added that Iran had repeatedly said it was ready to free all prisoners, in exchange for all Iranian releases in detention in detention The US, he added that President Joe Biden has focused on the case since serving.
The Ned Price Department of Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that “indirect but active ” talks with Iran has been going on for some time and dating Biden administration.
“It’s indirect but active discussion that occurs at this goal: seeing American release is unfairly detained, losing their freedom too long now,” he told reporters in Washington.
In early May, someone who was familiar with the discussion said the US and Iran While in active talks for the release of detainees but denied a report by television managed by Iranian countries suspended.
Prisoners between the US and Iran are not uncommon and both countries in the past few years regularly seek the release of detainees.
But every movement between them is very sensitive Because Biden administration seems to be restarting nuclear talks.
The 2015 atomic agreement between nations including the exchange of prisoners.
Iran sometimes makes a verified statement.
Among Vienna Iran and the world’s power about how to make Tehran and Washington return to the nuclear agreement, Stay stop, after EN AM round.
Tehran stressed that the US lift all sanks were translated under former President Donald Trump, including those who were not related to their nuclear program.
Meanwhile, Washington said Iran needed to obey all restrictions.
Trump draws Iran unilaterally from the agreement in 2018, saying needs to be negotiated.
Washington has not been at the table for Vienna talks, but the American delegation is in the Austrian capital and representatives of other forces have become back and forth between American and Iranian delegates.