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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

With a new prisoner release deal, Biden seeks to reboot Iran negotiations

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Tehran and Washington have entered a new phase of regenerated relations following the news that the US will unfreeze billions in oil revenue for the Iranian regime.

The new deal, announced over Sunday and Monday, comes after months of negotiations between US and Iranian diplomats — negotiations that the Biden administration at least publicly has been working overtime to downplay. It will result in the freeing of five Americans who the US government says are held on trumped-up charges in the country.

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