Darian Dalili sits outside the U.S. State Department protesting and engaging in a hunger strike in support of the release by Iran of his father Shahab Dalili, 60, a U.S. permanent resident who has been detained in Iran since 2016, but who was excluded from last week's deal which could eventually result in the release of five Americans jailed in Iran, in Washington, U.S. August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Humeyra Pamuk
During a press conference on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, stated that the procedure for releasing American prisoners detained in Iran is anticipated to span a timeframe of approximately two months.
“A specific time frame has been announced by relevant authorities, and it will take a maximum of two months for this process to take place,” Kanaani said.
Earlier this month, Tehran and Washington reached an agreement whereby five US citizens held in Iran would be freed while $6bn of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea would be released.
Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on Monday.
Washington would also release some Iranians from US prisons, Iran said.
Iran allowed four detained US citizens to move into house arrest from Tehran’s Evin prison, a lawyer for one said. A fifth was already under home confinement.
