US-Iran relations: Why did the prisoner exchange deal happen now? | Prison News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 26, 2023
Earlier this month, after more than two years of closed-door negotiations, the United States and Iran agreed to a prisoner swap deal, which once implemented, will see Tehran releasing five US-Iranian citizens in exchange for the release of several Iranians jailed in the US, and access to billions of dollars in frozen funds . . .