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Free Iranian citizens, Iran tells U.S. in response to Trump
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS
JULY 22, 2017 / 1:41 PM / AN HOUR AGO
Free Iranian citizens, Iran tells U.S. in response to Trump
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran demanded on Saturday that the United States release Iranians detained there, a day after U.S. president Donald Trump called on the Islamic Republic to release three U.S. citizens.
"America should quickly release Iranian prisoners in the country," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).
On Friday, Trump urged Tehran to return Robert Levinson, an American former law enforcement officer who disappeared in Iran more than a decade ago, and to release businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, both jailed on espionage charges.
Trump warned that Iran would face "new and serious consequences" if the three men were not released.
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JULY 22, 2017 / 1:41 PM / AN HOUR AGO
Free Iranian citizens, Iran tells U.S. in response to Trump
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran demanded on Saturday that the United States release Iranians detained there, a day after U.S. president Donald Trump called on the Islamic Republic to release three U.S. citizens.
"America should quickly release Iranian prisoners in the country," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA).
On Friday, Trump urged Tehran to return Robert Levinson, an American former law enforcement officer who disappeared in Iran more than a decade ago, and to release businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, both jailed on espionage charges.
Trump warned that Iran would face "new and serious consequences" if the three men were not released.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-us-detainees-idUSKBN1A70NL