State Dept. Denies Any Deal With Iran for Prisoner Release.
The U.S. government denied that an exchange was in the works.
SOURCE – NEWSMAX
- The United States on Sunday denied a report by Iran’s state television that the arch-foes had reached a prisoner swap deal in exchange for the release of $7 billion frozen Iranian oil funds under U.S. sanctions in other countries.
- Iranian state television said on Sunday that Tehran would free four Americans accused of spying in exchange for four Iranians held in the United States and the release of $7 billion in frozen Iranian funds.