Iran, US to swap prisoners after $6B in Tehran assets unfrozen

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The diplomat added that two of the Iranian citizens will return to Iran, another two will remain in the United States and the fifth will travel to a third country.
50% : The United States approved a waiver for the release of funds from debts incurred by Seoul for the purchase of gas from Iran and the money has been transferred to several accounts in Qatar.
41% : Tehran, Sep 18 (EFE).- Iran and the United States will exchange five prisoners from each country on Monday once the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds to Qatar has been completed, the Iranian Government reported.
40% : The US said that Iran will not have "direct" access to the money, which could only be used "strictly for humanitarian purposes".
33% : The prisoner exchange will take place after the transfer of $6 billion belonging to Tehran and blocked in South Korea has been completed as part of the agreement that Tehran and Washington reached in early August.
32% : Iran has been accused of using dual national and foreign prisoners as a pressure tactic for prisoner exchanges with other states, a practice described as "hostage diplomacy" by other countries and human rights organizations.

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