Tehran said Sunday that it was ready to exchange prisoners with the US without any preconditions amid concerns for the health of Iranian prisoners in US jails during the coronavirus pandemic.
Both countries have called for the release of prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak. Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East; the United States has reported the highest number of deaths worldwide from the virus.whose family warned he was at acute risk from the coronavirus.
, who had been held for three years on spying charges, and the United States released Iranian Massoud Soleimani, who faced charges of violating American sanctions on Iran., and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran that have crippled its economy.Animosity reached historic heights in early January when top Iranian military commander
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