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United States and Iran swap prisoners

07 December 2019 18:03 (UTC +04:00)

^{The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare swap, APA reports citing Reuters.}

^{Trump said Xiyue Wang, a U.S. citizen held in Iran for three years on spying charges, was returning to the United States. An Iranian official said that Iranian Massoud Soleimani had been freed from detention in the United States.}

^{Switzerland facilitated the swap and Iranian state news agency IRNA said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed Soleimani in Zurich, where it said the swap took place.}

^{In a statement issued by the White House, Trump made no mention of the freeing of Soleimani but thanked the Swiss government for its help in negotiating Wang’s release.}