FILE PHOTO: Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Iran's and U.S. flags in this illustration taken January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
DUBAI (Reuters) -A regional country has mediated between Iran and the United States for the "simultaneous release of prisoners," Iran's Nournews said on Saturday, shortly after Tehran allowed an Iranian-American businessman out of prison on a one-week furlough.
"In recent weeks, intensive talks, with the mediation of a regional country were held for the release of Iranian and American prisoners," the semi-official news agency said, not specifying which country was the mediator.
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