Iran claims to be open to conducting more prisoner exchanges with US

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on June 7 in a statement said to local media said that his country would be willing to take part in more prisoner exchanges with United States. According to reports, Mousavi was referring to recent release of Michael White which occurred just days after release of Sirous Asgari, an Iranian professor from US.

Navy Veteran returns home

Michael White, a US Navy veteran who h been detained in Iran for two years was finally allowed to fly out of country on June 4. According to reports, release of Navy veteran comes just a day after an Iranian scientist, held by US authorities, returned home. In a statement released by Navy veteran Michael White’s mor Joanne White, she said that finally nightmare y were living for last two years was over and her son was on his way back home.

As per reports, former US ambassor Bill Richardson, who negotiated with Iranian officials for veteran’s release, said that while in Iran, White h tested positive for COVID-19 and h received treatment in Iran itself.

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Taking to Twitter, US President Donald Trump said that White was returning in a plane provided by Switzerland and at time of tweet White’s plane h left Iranian air. Trump also ded that he would continue working for safety and quick release of all Americans held overseas.

White h served in US Navy for 13 years and was visiting a woman in 2018 in Iran's rth-eastern city of Mashh whom he h met on social media. It was at this time when White was arrested by Iranian authorities on charges of insulting Iran’s Supreme Leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and allegedly posting anti-regime remarks on social media under a pseudonym.

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