Iran Says Prisoner Exchange With US to Happen Later Monday

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Tehran has always said its atomic program is purely for peaceful purposes.
52% : Two of the Iranians to be freed will return to Iran, while the others will join family elsewhere or stay in the US, he said.
49% : Some US officials have privately acknowledged they've gradually relaxed enforcement of energy sanctions on Tehran.
47% : The moves follow months of mostly secret diplomacy between Tehran and Washington, the talks conducted via interlocutors such as Oman and Qatar.
47% : Under their agreement, the US has allowed Iran to access $6 billion of oil money frozen in South Korean banks due to sanctions.
41% : (Bloomberg) -- Iran said it will exchange prisoners with the US on Monday, as part of deal Washington hopes will ease tension in the Middle East and could eventually lead to a resumption of talks to reverse Tehran's nuclear work.
41% : The US and allies including Israel worry Iran intends to build a nuclear weapon, which could trigger an arms race in the region.
34% : Among those expected to be freed is Siamak Namazi, who has been held in Iran's Evin Prison in Tehran since 2015.

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