This Monday, Iran and the US will exchange five prisoners from each country after the transfer to Qatar 6 billion dollars of frozen Iranian funds, This was announced by the Iranian government.

“Five Iranian citizens detained in the US will be released and five American citizens will return to the United States.”This was stated by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani.

The diplomat noted that two Iranian citizens will return to the Persian country, Two others will remain in the United States, and the fifth will go to a third country.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Mohammad Reza Farzin, said this Monday that his country received just over 5.573 million euros of unfrozen funds in two Qatari bankswhich opens the door to a prisoner exchange.

“Today, a total of 5,573,492,000 million euros have been deposited. in six Iranian accounts in two Qatari banks,” Farzin said at a press conference.

According to regional media reports, American prisoners Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and two more unknown persons will be delivered to Qatar in the afternoon.

The exchange of prisoners occurs after the completion of the transfer of resources. which were blocked in South KoreaThis is part of the agreement reached by Tehran and Washington in early August.

The US approved an exception for the allocation of funds From the debts Seoul incurred for purchasing gas from Iran, the money was transferred to various accounts in Qatar.

The US assured that Iran will not have “direct” access up to billions of dollars, which can only be used for “strictly humanitarian” purposes.

A few hours before the announcement of the release of prisoners, the Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, According to media reports in the Persian country, he traveled to New York this Monday to address the UN Assembly, where he is expected to hold a press conference.

Iran is accused of use of dual citizenship prisoners and foreigners as a measure of pressure or to exchange prisoners with other states, a practice that other countries and human rights groups call “hostage diplomacy.”

(according to information from EFE)