US Calls Iran's Prisoner Swap Claim a 'Cruel Lie'

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53% : He alleged a document between Iran and the United States laying out the exchange had been "indirectly signed and approved" since March 2022.
48% : However, in an interview Sunday with Iranian state television, Amirabdollahian claimed that Iran had "reached an agreement in recent days regarding the exchange of prisoners between Iran and the United States."
47% : Iran long has taken prisoners with Western passports or ties to use in negotiations with foreign nations.
44% : Meanwhile, Ali Bagheri Kani, a deputy Iranian foreign minister who has handled nuclear talks with world powers, made a trip Sunday to Oman, a longtime interlocutor between Tehran and Washington.
43% :A separate statement from the White House's National Security Council also called the remarks "false.""Unfortunately, Iranian officials will not hesitate to make things up, and the latest cruel claim will cause more heartache for the families of Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, and Morad Tahbaz," the council said, naming the three Americans known to be held by Tehran on widely disputed espionage charges.
40% : The detainees all have dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship, something Tehran does not recognize.
37% : ""We are working relentlessly to secure the release of the three wrongfully detained Americans in Iran," Price said.

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