Iranian spokesman Ali Rabiei said Sunday (today) on the government’s website, Dolat.ir that “We have stated our readiness to discuss the release of all prisoners without preconditions … but Americans have not responded yet.”  I’m quite confident that communications are ongoing through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran regardless of Rabiei’s statement.  Do note that he calls both sides as holding “prisoners”—the persons held by Iran are hostages.  See “Iran says United States yet to respond about prisoner swap,” Parisa Hafezi, Reuters, May 10, 2020.

I’m not even going to look up who this Gordon Duff fellow is, he’s no expert.  But having a few Westerners to provide quotes that the Regime uses to try to prove the mettle of its military just won’t hold water.  We should criticize these individuals who try to empower Iran and keep it from moving to act as a normal country.  See “Iran’s military power is a ‘nightmare’ for U.S. hardliners: analyst,” Tehran Times, May 10, 2020.