Oman: Iran and US close to agreement on prisoner exchange
Busaidi, who gave an interview to the Al-Monitor website, shared information about the proxy prisoner exchange negotiations between Iran and the United States.
Stating that the two countries are close to a solution on the details of the prisoner swap deal, Busaidi said: “I can tell they are getting close. Probably only technical problems remain.” he used his statements.
Noting that he feels the seriousness of Washington and Tehran, who are making new efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, Busaidi affirmed that Iran and the US on this issue, stressed that the solution is close.
WHAT HAPPENED?
“We hope that Iran’s resources held in countries like South Korea will be released in the coming weeks,” Economy and Finance Minister Ihsan Handuzi said on June 13. he had spoken.
Iran announced on June 10 that $2.7 billion of its frozen assets in Iraq had been released.
Effectively playing the role of mediator in regional conflicts, Oman has been active in efforts to help Tehran and Washington overcome problems that hampered the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, including prisoner exchanges.
On the eve of the first official visit of the Sultan of Oman Heytham bin Tariq to Tehran, the Muscat administration brokered a prisoner exchange deal between Iran and Belgium.
As a result of the deal, Iran announced that Iranian diplomat Esedullah Assad, who was imprisoned in Belgium for “terrorism”, was released with the prisoner exchange conducted through Belgium and Oman.
Iranian lawmaker Fadahuasyn Maliki said on Monday that “unofficial” direct talks were held between Tehran and Washington, and that some of the indirect talks had reached a conclusion.
Maliki stated that the indirect talks covered topics such as the release of Iran’s frozen assets and the exchange of prisoners.
US-IRAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
Allegations that Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN Said Iravani and White House Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley have met multiple times in the United States and that significant progress has been made in the talks have surfaced. recently in the international media. Iranian media, on the other hand, announced that proxy talks between Iran and the United States took place in Oman.
Due to unilateral US sanctions, it was announced that $2.7 billion of Iran’s assets, said to be about $10 billion, frozen in Iraq, were released on June 10.
Finally, the day before, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kenani, confirmed that they held indirect talks with the United States. (AA)