Iran's foreign ministry said Monday it has sent the
United States a list of names it is demanding in a proposed prisoner swap, opening a potential new channel with
Washington amid recent growing tensions.
Iran did not detail the names it relayed, but Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he hoped to hear soon "good news" about the release of Iranian scientist Masoud Soleimani.
U.S. federal authorities arrested Soleimani last year on charges that he had violated trade
sanctions by trying to have biological material brought to Iran.