Doha, Qatar – AFP Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday. The release of the funds by US ally South Korea, long blocked under US sanctions, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Iran last week reached a tentative agreement which will see the release of five Americans from a Tehran prison and several Iranians detained in the US. The deal, announced last Thursday, will also transfer to Qatar $6 billion of Iranian state assets frozen in South Korea. The White House […]
