{"id":6027,"date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.fm.gov.om\/6027\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:31:26","slug":"foreign-minister-says-iran-us-deal-on-prisoners-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.fm.gov.om\/en\/6027\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister says Iran-US deal on prisoners \u2018close\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi<\/a> has said he believes Iran and the United States are close to reaching agreement on a deal on the release of Americans currently held in Iran.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Al Monitor<\/a>, Sayyid Badr also said Iran and the US were serious about reviving the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal.<\/p>\n

As part of an agreement on reviving the JCPOA, Iran is seeking the release for humanitarian purposes of Iranian assets frozen under US sanctions.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Sayyid Badr is reported as saying about the prisoner agreement: \u201cI can say they are close. This is probably a question of technicalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the possibility of a deal to release frozen Iranian assets Sayyid Badr is quoted as saying: \u201cThey need to have a framework [and] a timeframe of how this should be orchestrated. I think they are ironing things out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relations between Oman and Iran have entered a new phase<\/a> following the recent official visit of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n

A deal between Iran and Belgium, mediated by Oman<\/a>, recently saw the release of a Belgian, a Dane and an Austrian from prison in Iran.<\/p>\n

Sayyid Badr told Al Monitor there is a “positive atmosphere” surrounding the nuclear issue. He said Oman believes the Iranian leadership is serious about reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as the other side also reciprocates in good faith, they’re willing to do this,\u201d he is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text,\u00a0click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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