It remains unclear whether an agreement can be finalised as Tehran maintains Washington is acting in bad faith.
Tehran, Iran – Iran has blamed the United States for failing to reach an agreement over a prisoner swap deal amid reports that progress had been made after a lull of several months.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani on Monday told journalists that a deal was on the verge of being clinched through intermediaries at an unannounced time, “but then the US showed bad faith”.
Iran and the US have been relaying messages since 2021 over prisoners being held on charges of espionage and circumventing sanctions.
Both sides were on track to reach an agreement as part of talks to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal. However, since those discussions have been deadlocked for months, there were reports that the prisoner exchange could take place separately.
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