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Clinton vetoes Iran prisoner swap | Clinton vetoes Iran prisoner swap |
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The US has rejected Iran's suggestion of a prisoner swap for several Iranians jailed in the US for the three American hikers currently being held in Iran. | The US has rejected Iran's suggestion of a prisoner swap for several Iranians jailed in the US for the three American hikers currently being held in Iran. |
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the hikers should be released immediately on humanitarian grounds. | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the hikers should be released immediately on humanitarian grounds. |
Her remarks came a day after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested that talks were under way regarding such a swap. | Her remarks came a day after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested that talks were under way regarding such a swap. |
Mrs Clinton called Iran's allegations against the hikers "unjust". | Mrs Clinton called Iran's allegations against the hikers "unjust". |
Iranian officials have previously alleged that the three were spying. | Iranian officials have previously alleged that the three were spying. |
"There are no negotiations taking place between the United States and Iran. We believe they should unilaterally release our detained citizens," Mrs Clinton said at the State Department after a meeting with Bahrain's foreign minister. | "There are no negotiations taking place between the United States and Iran. We believe they should unilaterally release our detained citizens," Mrs Clinton said at the State Department after a meeting with Bahrain's foreign minister. |
The three hikers were jailed in Iran in July for allegedly straying across the country's border while hiking in Iraq. | The three hikers were jailed in Iran in July for allegedly straying across the country's border while hiking in Iraq. |
The case of the hikers is not comparable to those of the Iranians, a US state department spokesman told Reuters news agency earlier. | |
"There is not really an equivalence, if you will, between, say an Iranian citizen who has been indicted and/or convicted of arms trafficking in violation of international law and three hikers who wandered across an unmarked border," he said. | "There is not really an equivalence, if you will, between, say an Iranian citizen who has been indicted and/or convicted of arms trafficking in violation of international law and three hikers who wandered across an unmarked border," he said. |
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