US denies link between Iran's release of Americans and funds held abroad

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WASHINGTON, Oct 3 — The United States yesterday rejected Iranian reports that Tehran’s release of two detained Americans will lead to the unfreezing of Iranian funds abroad.Baquer Namazi, 85, was permitted to leave Iran for medical treatment abroad, and his son Siamak, 50, was released from detention in Tehran, the United Nations said on Saturday.Now Iran is awaiting the release of about US$7 billion (RM32 billion) in funds frozen abroad, Iranian state media said yesterday.“With the finalisation of negotiations between Iran and the United States to release the prisoners of both countries, US$7 billion of Iran’s blocked resources will be released,” the state news agency IRNA said.But the US State Department dismissed any such link as “categorically false.”“Baquer Namazi was unjustly detained in Iran and then not permitted to leave the country after serving his sentence, despite…