Bernie Sanders

Statement by Senator Bernie Sanders on Prisoner Release in Iran

January 16, 2016

BURLINGTON, Vt. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday welcomed news reports that Iran had freed four dual-nationality U.S. and Iranian prisoners.

"This good news shows that diplomacy can work even in this volatile region of the world," Sanders said.

U.S. officials reportedly had signaled that a prisoner deal would be separate from Saturday's expected "implementation" of a nuclear agreement with Iran.

Bernie Sanders, Statement by Senator Bernie Sanders on Prisoner Release in Iran Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/314941

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