The swap was announced following talks among Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
Schimbul a fost anunţat în urma discuţiilor dintre preşedintele iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, omologul brazilian Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva şi prim-ministrul turc Tayyip Erdogan asupra controversatului program nuclear al Teheranului.