U.S. And Iran Trade 5 Detainees After Qatar Deal Unfreezes $6 Billion In Oil Revenue For Tehran

 

DNYUZ/New York Times: Iran Lets 5 Americans Leave as U.S. Unfreezes Billions in Oil Revenue for Tehran 

Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran were allowed to leave the country on Monday, according to White House officials, after two years of high-stakes negotiations in which the United States agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians accused of violating U.S. sanctions. 

The announcement that the Americans took off in a plane from Tehran just before 9 a.m. eastern, came as President Biden and Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, were to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting of world leaders on Tuesday.  

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 U.S. And Iran Trade Detainees After Qatar Deal Unfreezes $6 Billion In Oil Revenue For Tehran  

Live: Americans freed from Iran in prisoner swap land in Qatar -- BBC 

5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have been freed and arrived in Qatar -- AP  

U.S. and Iran trade detainees after Qatar deal unfreezes $6 billion -- Reuters  

Five Americans freed from Iran land in Qatar before flying to the US -- CNN  

Five Americans fly out of Iran in $6bn oil money prisoner swap -- The Guardian  

5 Americans Freed From Iran Prison As US Hands Over $6BN In Controversial Deal -- Zero Hedge  

Who are the five American prisoners freed in the Iran-US prisoner swap? -- Al Jazeera