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Trump thanks Iran for 'very fair' negotiation on prisoner release

"Thank you to Iran on a very fair negotiation. See, we can make a deal together!" U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said in a social media post shared on his official Twitter page in the wake of the release of an America scholar [held in Iran] and an Iranian scientist [jailed in the United States].

AFP WORLD
Published December 07,2019
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U.S. President Donald Trump thanked Tehran for a "very fair" negotiation that led to the release Saturday of an America scholar held in Iran and an Iranian scientist jailed in the US.

Xiyue Wang, a Princeton University researcher held for three years in Iran, was exchanged in Switzerland for Massoud Solemani, who had been arrested in Chicago more than a year ago.

In a tweet, Trump boasted that Wang was taken during the Obama administration and "returned during the Trump Administration."

"Thank you to Iran on a very fair negotiation. See, we can make a deal together!"