Theprisoner dealwas finally done on Sept. 18. Mr. Biden granted clemency to five Iranians accused of nonviolent crimes. Five Americans, including Shargi, were released by Iran. Six billion dollars of Iranian oil revenue that had been tied up in a hard-to-access South Korean bank due to U...
"The Americans held by Iran are innocent hostages who must be released immediately and unconditionally. However, I remain deeply concerned that the administration's decision to waive sanctions to facilitate the transfer of $6 billion in funds for Iran, the world's top state sponsor of ...
VIENNA --Iran will release four detained Americans in exchange for seven Iranians held or charged in the United States, U.S. and Iranian officials said Saturday in a major diplomatic breakthrough announced as implementation of a landmark nuclear deal appeared imminent. A fifth American detained i...
More than four years after Amir Hekmati was arrested in Iran, Sarah Hekmati was going to see her brother as a free man thanks toa prisoner swapthat garnered his release along with three other Americans. She arrived in Germany — where her brother, journalist Jason Rezaian and Saeed Abedinihad...
2022 UANI Iran Summit | Countering Iran’s Human Rights Abuses and Targeting of Americans "Countering Iran’s Human Rights Abuses and Targeting of Americans" with: Ambassador Nathan Sales Hiva Feizi Mitchell Silber Moderated by: Ambassador Mark D. Wallace ...
In August, Valizadeh apparently posted two messages suggesting he had returned to Iran despite Radio Farda being viewed by Iran’s theocracy as a hostile outlet. Politics 5 Americans freed in controversial Iran prisoner swap are back on U.S. soil ...
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conditions of the Americans, but noted the Swiss have said the Iranians complied with the agreed-upon living conditions for their house arrest. Olivier acted as the Biden administration's eyes and ears on the ground, confirming to State Department officials that the Americans were on board the ...
In September 2023, five Americans detained for years in Iran were freed in exchange for five Iranians in U.S. custody and for $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be released by South Korea. Valizadeh is the first American known to be detained by Iran in the time since. Meanwhile, ...
He pleaded guilty late last year and has already served months behind bars. But in April, he was permitted to be free on bond after the Justice Department withdrew its request to have him detained, citing what it said were significant foreign policy interests. ...