president of the UNITED states, Donald Trump, provides on Twitter expressed that the relationship with Iran can be improved after a prisoner exchange.
Præstestyret has thus released an american flådeveteran, while the UNITED states has freed two iranian prisoners.
Flådeveteranen, Michael White, had received a coronavirus, while he was imprisoned.
He was flown out of Iran in a swiss fighter who brought him to Zurich, where he was received by a senior american official.
I feel blessed to be able to announce that the nightmare is over, and that my son is coming home safely, says flådeveteranens mother, Joanne, in a statement.
Trump said that he has spoken by phone with White.
at the same time, he speaks in rarely friendly tones about Iran, which has long been regarded as the USA’s arch rival.
five months ago threatened Iran the UNITED states with bloody revenge and attacks a koalitionsbase as in exchange for the u.s. killing of the iranian topgeneral Qassem Soleimani.
– Thanks to Iran, it shows that an agreement is possible, writes Trump on Twitter about the exchange.
What the deal potentially could contain the be not.
While flådeveteranen White was on the way home in the plane, issued a federal judge an order to release an iranian doctor.
A day earlier, was also an iranian researcher who was arrested during a forskningsbesøg in the UNITED states, been sent home to Iran.
– This can happen for all prisoners. No need to designate specific inmates, writes the iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarife, on Twitter.
Iranian hostages that are being held in and on behalf of – the UNITED states should come home.
the UNITED states secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who has been responsible for a confrontational line on Iran, saying the regime has been ‘constructive’, but he wants further releases.
Tensions between the two countries continued in the months after Soleimani-killing, where Trump reported that he would exert ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran with heavy sanctions.
Experts have just identified fangeudvekslinger as a way to start the dialogue. Few expect, however, crucial for the approximation before the u.s. presidential elections in november.
