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US-Iran prisoner swap deal is ‘on track’, says White House official

'We believe that things are proceeding according to the understanding that we've reached with Iran,' Jake Sullivan says of a potential prisoner swap deal between US and Iran [File: Tom Brenner/Reuters]

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said that a prisoner swap deal between the United States and Iran is “on track”, less than two weeks after Tehran moved five detained US citizens to house arrest.

Sullivan’s comments on Tuesday marked a rare public expression of confidence from Washington that the prisoner swap would take place.

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