US and Iran expected to complete $6bn prisoner swap deal
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from on (#6EVA1)
Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among prisoners to be swapped in deal involving unfreezing of Iranian oil money
The US and Iran are expected to pull off a controversial prisoner swap on Monday involving the unfreezing by the Biden administration of $6bn (4.8bn) of Iranian oil money held in South Korea since 2018.
Tehran and Washington are due to swap five prisoners each, including the conservationist Morad Tahbaz, a British-American citizen.
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