Americans released in Iran prisoner exchange deal land in US
The 5 Americans who have been released Monday from Iran as a part of a prisoner swap have landed in the U.S.
The Americans and two of their relations arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Monday after leaving Iran. White House officers touted the transfer as President Biden reuniting households. During the exchange, the U.S. supplied up 5 Iranian prisoners and returned $6 billion in frozen funds to be used in Iran.
“The president is making five families whole again,” a White House official stated Sunday evening.
Siamak Namazi, one of many 5 Americans concerned in the swap deal, released a press release saying that it could take him some time to get “reacquainted with liberty” and confront well being points from his time in jail, however he additionally expressed pleasure for the alternatives that will likely be introduced by his newfound freedom.
US PRISONER RELEASED IN SWAP KNOWS THE FIRST THING HE IS DOING WHEN HE GETS HOME
Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who have been released throughout a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport in Qatar on Monday.
“I want to see foliage instead of walls and wardens. I want to lay back on the grass, with the warm sun on my face, and gaze up at the open blue skies,” Namazi stated in the assertion. “My other pressing ‘needs’ include visiting the Apple Store to replace all the devices my captors took as bounty. I am dying to find out what gadgets now exist – when i was taken hostage, the iPhone 6s had just come out. You cannot imagine what an eight-year itch feels like.”
The 5 Americans have been greeted on the tarmac in Qatar on Monday by U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Timmy Davis. Three of the previous prisoners, Namazi, Emad Sharghi and Morad Tahbaz, hugged the ambassador and others current after exiting the aircraft.
Biden marked the exchange in a press release on Monday, explaining that the 2 unidentified Americans have requested that their identities not be revealed.
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“As we celebrate the return of these Americans, we also remember those who did not return. I call on the Iranian regime to give a full account of what happened to Bob Levinson. The Levinson family deserves answers,” Biden wrote.
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Fox News Anders Hagstrom and Michael Lee contributed to this report.