FILE PHOTO: A statue of a U.S. hostage is displayed in front of the main building of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran. The former U.S. embassy was the site of the 1979-1981 hostage crisis in which a group of Islamists held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days. The building is currently being used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

DUBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The process of releasing U.S. prisoners held in Iran will take up to two months, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday during a press conference.

“A specific time frame has been announced by relevant authorities, and it will take a maximum of two months for this process to take place,” Kanaani said.

Earlier this month, Tehran and Washington reached an agreement whereby five U.S. citizens held in Iran would be freed while $6bn of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea would be released.

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(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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