ranian-American physician Majid Taheri had been detained in the United States for 16 month
Iran ‘ready’ for more prisoner swaps with US
Foreign Ministry spokesman says Tehran has readiness to free rest of individuals who are imprisoned in America, return them to Iran if possibility of exchanging prisoners exists.
Monday 08/06/2020
ranian-American physician Majid Taheri had been detained in the United States for 16 month
TEHRAN - Iran is ready for further prisoner exchanges with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Michael White, a US Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, was freed last Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed Iranian-American physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran - a rare instance of US-Iranian cooperation.
White’s release came two days after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States despite having being acquitted of stealing trade secrets.
"If the possibility of exchanging prisoners exists, we have the readiness to free the rest of the individuals who are imprisoned in America and return them to the country," Mousavi said.