Five Americans head home in $6bn US-Iran prisoner swap deal
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6EVEB)
Joe Biden announces return of detainees as US in turn frees five Iranians under controversial agreement
The US and Iran have freed five detainees each in a controversial prisoner swap involving the unfreezing by the Biden administration of $6bn (4.8bn) of Iranian oil money.
In an elaborate and delicate diplomatic deal, months in the making, the five Americans - some held for nearly a decade - were taken from hotels in Tehran to a plane that flew to Qatar, before heading back to Washington.
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