Iran Press/ Iran news: Gholamhossein Esmaili added: "The Judiciary's contribution to the release of American prisoners helped the release of some of our innocent compatriots who were imprisoned in the United States."
The spokesman referred to the leniencies given to the release of American prisoner and said: "This person (Michael White) also had a private plaintiff (relator), and after the consent of the complainant, leniencies were considered for this prisoner."
He added: "Michael White had AIDS and it was possible that a problem would happen to him, but fortunately it did not. He with a serious illness was imprisoned in such a way that not only did his illness not worsen, but he also went through a process of recovery and was released."
Esmaili added: "The issue of prisoners and detainees is the responsibility of the judiciary, and without the permission of the judiciary, there will be no talk of releasing prisoners, and it is better those who are not responsible for this do not promise the release of foreign prisoners. The judiciary itself decides which prisoner can be released, but we use the views of the Supreme National Security Council."
Regarding the arrest of Iranian spying for the US, he said: "A man named Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who was connected to Mossad and the CIA and was spying on the security and the armed forces, arrested and sentenced to death."
On the Ukrainian passenger plane crash, the spokesman said, 6 people have been arrested in this regard.
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