TEHRAN INSISTS PRISONER DEAL MADE WITH U.S.

DUBAI Iran insisted Sunday that a prisoner swap deal has been agreed with the U.S., the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said, a day after Washington denied such a deal had been reached.

“`Outrageous' - the US denying simple fact that there IS an agreed deal on the matter of the detainees. Even on how to announce it,”

Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a tweet. “Humanitarian swap was agreed with US & UK in Vienna-separate from JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action)- on release of 10 prisoners on all sides. Iran is ready to proceed TODAY.”

The United States on Saturday accused Tehran of an “outrageous” effort to deflect blame for the impasse in the nuclear talks and denied that any deal had been reached on a prisoner swap.

Earlier Saturday, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi, tweeted that the U.S. and Britain must stop linking a humanitarian exchange with the nuclear talks.