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Trump thanks Iran for ‘very fair’ negotiation on prisoner release
WASHINGTON, Dec 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – 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!”
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