The US and Iran agree to a deal for detained Americans in exchange for $6 billion in frozen funds
The Biden administration agreed Monday to release about $6 billion in Iranian assets in exchange for the release of five American citizens held for years by the theocratic government in Tehran.
The hostages were brought under house arrest from Iran’s notorious Evin prison last month, in what the White House welcomed as a preliminary first step after negotiations concluded.
Human rights lawyer Jared Genser had identified three of the five hostages as Siamak Namazi, businessman Emad Shargi and environmentalist Morad Tahbaz.
