Iran-US prisoner swap – level 1

Iran-US prisoner swap

13-09-2023 07:00

Iran and the United States will exchange prisoners soon. They will also send $6 billion to Qatar’s banks.

This will happen next week. Iran lets four US people out of prison on August 10. The US Secretary of State says this is the first step to send them home. The US does not say who the prisoners are. Some of them have dual citizenship. It means that they can officially live in two countries, Iran and the United States.

Qatar helps Iran and the US talk and make the exchange happen. Qatar will also make sure Iran uses the money the right way. Qatar will tell Iran and the US when to let the prisoners go.

Difficult words: exchange (to give a thing and get another thing), prisoner (a person who does something bad and he or she must stay in a special place), citizenship (when someone can officially stay and live in a country).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

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