Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the United States, Iran’s foreign minister said in Germany on Saturday, adding the West would be to blame if talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal fail as Tehran is ready to reach a good agreement. “We believe prisoner swaps is a humanitarian issue … unrelated to the nuclear accord. We can do it immediately,” Hossein Amirabdollahian told a panel at the Munich Security Conference. “If the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers fail in Vienna, Western powers will be responsible for it because we want a good deal.” (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-02-19/irans-top-diplomat-says-ready-for-immediate-prisoner-swap-with-u-s) When asked whether Tehran was ready to hold direct talks with Washington, Amirabdollahian refrained from ruling it out by saying: “We need to see tangible steps of goodwill by Washington such as freeing Iran’s frozen assets abroad”.