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Iran Says Ready for More US Prisoner Swaps

◢ Iran said Monday it was open to more prisoner swaps with the US while stressing an exchange at the weekend was not the result of formal negotiations with the Trump administration. "This was only an exchange and... regarding exchanges we are ready to act but there are no negotiations," spokesman Ali Rabiei said on state television.

Trump Thanks Tehran as American Freed in Prisoner Swap

◢ President Donald Trump thanked Tehran for a "very fair" negotiation Saturday after an American scholar detained in the country was released in exchange for an Iranian scientist held in the United States. Coming at a time of soaring tensions, the prisoner swap took place in neutral Switzerland.

Iran Would Talk Prisoners if US Shows Respect: Zarif

◢ Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is open to prisoner swap negotiations with the US if the Trump administration shows a "change of attitude." Negotiations are a "possibility certainly from a humanitarian perspective, but it requires a change of attitude," Zarif said in an interview with CBS television's "Face the Nation" set to air Sunday.