According to consultations, simultaneous with the release of US and Iranian prisoners, $7 Bln of Iran's blocked assets in South Korea are due to be released, Tasnim News Agency reported.
The report reads, in recent weeks, intensive negotiations were held with the mediation of one of the regional countries regarding the simultaneous release of Iranian and American prisoners, and billions of dollars from the blocked foreign exchange resources of Iran are also about to be released in this framework.
The process is reportedly independent of the negotiations for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, which have hit an impasse over what Iran says is Washington’s failure to make the required political decision on Tehran’s demands.