Iran hard-line press says Tehran will release US prisoners for unfrozen assets

The US State Department has denied reports from three hard-line outlets that billions of dollars in Iranian funds are to be unblocked in exchange for Tehran releasing three imprisoned Iranian-Americans.
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(L-R) Roxanne Tahbaz (daughter of Morad Tahbaz), Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe during a press conference hosted by their local parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq in the Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, following her release from detention in Iran last week, on March 21, 2022 in London, England. - Victoria Jones/Getty Images
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Iran and the United states have reached a deal that will see billions of dollars in Iranian funds unblocked in exchange for three Americans held in Iran, three leading conservative outlets have reported.

IRNA, Fars News and Farhikhtegan cited "informed sources" as confirming that the agreement would allow Iran to access a "significant amount" of its funds frozen due to US sanctions.

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