{"id":1875049,"date":"2023-03-12T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-says-irans-claims-that-prisoner-swap-deal-had-been-reached-a-cruel-lie\/"},"modified":"2023-03-12T12:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:42:50","slug":"state-department-says-irans-claims-that-prisoner-swap-deal-had-been-reached-a-cruel-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-says-irans-claims-that-prisoner-swap-deal-had-been-reached-a-cruel-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department says Iran&#8217;s claims that prisoner swap deal had been reached a &#8216;cruel lie&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-says-irans-claims-that-prisoner-swap-deal-had-been-reached-a-cruel-lie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78203728\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Biden administration found to have silently forgiven billions in student debt\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"While public attention has swirled around Supreme Court holdups over the Biden administration's ambitious student debt forgiveness plan, billions of dollars in debt have already been forgiven quietly. 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We will not stop until they are reunited with their loved ones.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Three American prisoners are currently held in Iran&#8217;s Evin prison. It has been criticised for its human rights records. These three are Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi, an environmentalist, and Morad Tahbaz, a businessman. Namazi. Namazi is Iran&#8217;s longest held American prisoner. He was first arrested in 2015. Iran wants the release more than a dozen Iranians held in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regarding the issue of prisoner swaps between Iran and the U.S., we have reached an agreement in the recent days, and if everything goes well on the U.S. side, I think we will witness a prisoner exchange in a short period,&#8221; Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran-says-initial-deal-reached-with-us-prisoner-swap-2023-03-12\/?taid=640de1eee84f3b000106e73c&#038;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Per<\/a> <i>Reuters. <\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Other senior U.S. officials denied Iran&#8217;s claims. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, Iranian officials will not hesitate to make things up, and the latest cru<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/state-department-denies-irans-prisoner-swap-deal\">State Department claims Iran&#8217;s claim that a prisoner swap agreement was reached is a &#8216;cruel lie.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THe State Department All claims denied Iran The United States and Tehran reached a settlement about prisoner swaps. 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