NEGOTIATIONS are underway for the release and exchange of prisoner between Tehran and Washington.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani confirmed the process could take up to two months.
News of the prisoner swap first emerged less than two weeks ago.
As part of the deal, United States will free five Iranian prisoners in return for the release of five detained Americans who have now been transferred into house arrest.
Moreover, Iran will be given access to $6 billion in oil revenue that was frozen in South Korea due to US sanctions.
The tentative deal took place amid heightened tensions in the Strait of Hormuz after the US deployed thousands of marines and sailors in the Persian Gulf.
As Washington and Tehran have embarked on a prisoner exchange deal, an Iranian military delegation has arrived in Moscow on Monday to discuss cooperation between Iranian and Russian ground forces.
