Iran, Iraq discuss judiciary coop., prisoners swap
Chief of Iran’s Judiciary Ebrahim Raeisi met and held talks with the Chairman of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council Faiq Zidan on judiciary cooperation and the prisoners' swap.
Ansarullah, Former Government Agree to Swap 1,000 Prisoners
Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and the Saudi-backed former government agreed to exchange more than 1,000 prisoners and detainees, a report said.
Spokesman: Iran, US May Exchange Prisoners
Foreign Ministry spokesman did not rule out the possibility of Iran prisoner exchanges with the US.
Iran, Germany Swap Prisoner
The Iranian Judiciary says a German national, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany.
Iran ready to exchange all detainees with US
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spox on Saturday declared Tehran’s readiness to exchange the entire Iranian detainees who are in the U.S. custody, noting the ball is now in Washington’s court to decide wisely. A couple of days ago, the United States released Massoud Soleimani, an Iranian scientist who was arrested last year […]
Comprehensive prisoner swap could happen
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian government officials have expressed the Islamic Republic’s readiness for a comprehensive prisoner swap with the United States after each freed a prisoner on Saturday. “After getting our hostage back this week, fully ready for comprehensive prisoner swap”, the Iranian foreign minister tweeted on Monday. However, he noted that the ball […]
No negotiations on swapping happened; Zarif says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran on Monday declared no negotiations with the US administration happened on swapping prisoners, saying that the Iranian and American citizens were released recently for humanitarian reasons. “The proposal to swap the prisoners was raised one and a half years ago (by Iran to the US) on the sidelines of the […]
Iran extradited prisoner to Kuwait, Qatar
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy minister of the Judiciary for human rights and international affairs informed on Sunday that under its judiciary and legal cooperation with Kuwait and Qatar, Iran has extradited a prisoner to Kuwait and received three Iranian ones from Qatar. “A prisoner imprisoned in Mashhad, Iran, is handed over to Kuwait and […]
Soleimani arrival after a year in captivity
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Soleimani arrived at Tehran Mehrabad airport on Saturday evening after he was released by the US in a prisoner swap, he was welcomed by his family members and Iranian officials upon his arrival. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied the released scientist from Zurich where the swap took place. The Iranian […]