DOHA: The United States and Iran on Monday (Sep 18) swapped five prisoners each in one of the arch-foes' first deals in years as Tehran gained access to US$6 billion in frozen funds. The five Americans freed by Iran, including one held for eight years, flew out of Tehran in a Qatari jet, hours after the un
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Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.