US secures freedom for seven people in prisoner swap with Iran

The Biden administration secured the release of seven Americans imprisoned in Iran on Monday in exchange for President Joe Biden granting clemency to five Iranians held in the United States and unfreezing $6 billion of Iran's money.

Siamak Namazi; Emad Shargi; Morad Tahbaz; two Americans who want to remain private; Namazi’s mother, Effie Namazi; and Tahbaz’s wife, Vida Tahbaz are on their way to Washington, where they will be reunited with their families in the coming days, with a brief stop in Doha, Qatar. Effie Namazi and Vida Tahbaz had been banned from traveling.

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