US offers cautious response to Zarif call for prisoner swap
The State Department's measured response to Iran's call for a prisoner swap is a departure from its "maximum pressure" campaign against the country.
WASHINGTON — Responding to a proposal by Iran’s foreign minister for a prisoner swap, the State Department today urged Iran to release unjustly detained Americans immediately, but did not wholly reject Zarif’s proposal.
“I put this offer on the table publicly now: Exchange them,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said today at the Asia Society in New York.
