French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has denounced spy charges against two French nationals imprisoned in Iran for more ...

The two countries continue to trade attacks despite diplomatic efforts to secure an end to the fighting. It’s not clear how ...

In a statement following the swap announcement, Kristersson claimed Iran used the Swedish prisoners as “pawns in a cynical negotiation game.” He suggested their goal was always to free Nouri.

Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that Iran has not yet been able to spend a single dollar of the $6 billion in funds that were unfrozen in a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap in September.

Successful prisoner swap deals between Washington and Teheran have been brokered before. In 2019, Iran released US history scholar Xiyue Wang to the United States, then under the Trump administration.

Freed American Emad Shargi gives a thumbs-up after he and four fellow detainees were released in a prisoner swap deal between U.S and Iran, arrive at Davison Army Airfield on Sept. 19, 2023, at ...

From left, Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and Siamak Namazi, former prisoners in Iran, walk out of a Qatar Airways flight on Sept. 18, 2023.

The release of $6 billion in frozen Iran oil proceeds as part of a prisoner deal with Washington is focusing attention on whether the funds are a windfall for the Islamic Republic or merely a ...

Iran and the U.S. have a history of prisoner swaps dating back to the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis following the Islamic Revolution.

The new prisoner swap takes place as there have been contradictory signs about the U.S.-Iran relationship. On one hand, Iran released Siamak Namazi's father, Baquer, in October.

Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran were freed Monday and headed home as part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen.