Iran is ready for further prisoner exchanges with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, was freed last Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed Iranian-American physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran – a rare instance of U.S.-Iranian cooperation.

White's release came two days after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States despite having being acquitted of stealing trade secrets. 

"If the possibility of exchanging prisoners exists, we have the readiness to free the rest of the individuals who are imprisoned in America and return them to the country," Mousavi said. 

Mousavi also said that the U.S. can return to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, if it repents, makes up for the harms it has inflicted on the Iranians and remove all the cruel sanctions, reported Tehran Times.

He noted that Iran never left the negotiating table. 

Mousavi's comments came as response to a Trump's tweet in which he thanked Iran for releasing White, proposing talks. 

"So great to have Michael home. Just arrived. Very exciting. Thank you to Iran. Don't wait until after U.S. Election to make the Big deal," Trump said in his tweet on Friday.

(With input from Reuters)