The United States has rejected Iranian claims that the release of two Americans detained by Tehran will lead to the release of Iranian funds overseas

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Baquer Namaz, 85, was allowed to leave Iran for treatment abroad, and his son Siamak, 50, was released from prison in Tehran, the United Nations said Saturday.

Iran is now calling for the release of approximately $ 7 billion in frozen funds abroad.

"With the conclusion of the negotiations between Iran and the United States for the release of the detainees of both countries, 7 billion dollars will be released," announced the state news agency Irna.

But the US State Department dismissed any link as "categorically false".

"Baquer Namazi was unjustly detained in Iran and then not allowed to leave the country after serving his sentence, despite his repeated request for urgent medical attention," a spokesman explained.

Billions of dollars in Iranian funds have been frozen in several countries, most notably China, South Korea and Japan, since the United States re-imposed severe sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018 after unilaterally withdrawing from the Tehran nuclear deal with the powers. world cup.