Iran says US 'hikers' spies, proposes prisoner swap

Iran's intelligence minister said on Sunday he had no doubt three US citizens arrested last July near the Iraq border are spies and called on Washington to propose a prisoner swap to secure their release.

"Their status as spies is explicit and certain and there is no equivocation in regard to a swap," Heydar Moslehi told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. (Reuters)