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Iran says US wants prisoner-exchange deal for Jason Rezaian
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokesperson of the Iranian justice system, Gholamhussain Mohseni Ajai, said that American officials have contacted Tehran in order to sign a prisoner-exchange deal, the Walla news website reports.
Iran is holding Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian, a writer for The Washington Post.
Iran seeks, in return, the release of Iranian prisoners it says are held in US jails.
A senior American official dismissed the Iranian comments, saying that the US will not respond to every single Iranian statement. The US will continue to do all it can to bring Rezaian home, the official was quoted as saying.
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