Prisoner Swap
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Hezbollah to not abandon prisoners, urges state for action
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the issue of prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails is a top priority, urging the Lebanese government to take swift action to secure their release.
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Israeli regime returns more bodies of Palestinian prisoners
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – The Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis says 30 more bodies of Palestinian prisoners have arrived from the Israeli side as part of the prisoner-captive exchange deal agreed in early October.
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135 Palestinian bodies ‘Israel’ returned mutilated: report
TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Gaza health officials say at least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by "Israel" were previously held at the notorious Sde Teiman concentration camp in southern occupied Palestine.
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VIDEO: Palestinian prisoner al- Barghouthi freed after 22 yrs
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Tariq al-Barghouthi, from Ahl al-Bayt Rima, north of Ramallah, embraces his family after 22 years in captivity. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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Hamas to release Israeli captives through ICRC
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Hamas will be releasing the living Israeli captives, as well as the bodies of Israeli captives it was able to retrieve. It will happen through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Hamas 'optimistic' as prisoner lists exchanged in talks
TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – A senior Hamas official has confirmed that the resistance movement has submitted a list of Palestinian prisoners it seeks to be released in exchange for Israeli captives, as part of ongoing indirect negotiations.
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Russia, Ukraine exchange 185 POWs each: Russian MoD
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Russia and Ukraine exchanged 185 prisoners of war (POWs) each under an agreement reached during recent talks in Istanbul, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
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Iran’s justice min. to visit Armenia for bilateral talks
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Justice Minister Amin Hossein Rahimi will travel to the Republic of Armenia at the direct invitation of his Armenian counterpart to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.
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Prisoner swap deal with France nearing completion
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that a deal to exchange French prisoners in Iran for an Iranian citizen imprisoned in France is near completion.
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Israeli protesters call for immediate prisoner exchange deal
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Rallies happened on Saturday in Tel Aviv and in other cities across the occupied Palesatinian territories, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and a captives rescue deal with Hamas.
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Planned Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap delayed
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of postponing a scheduled prisoner exchange over the weekend, while Ukraine denied the accusation and urged Russia to stop playing "dirty games."