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"Welcome Home": 5 Americans Freed By Iran Arrive In US
Five Americans freed by Iran in a high-stakes prisoner swap landed back in the United States on Tuesday to a joyous reunion with family members.
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Joe Biden Vows To 'Impose Costs On Iran' After Prisoner Swap
President Joe Biden said the United States would keep piling "costs" on Iran despite a prisoner swap deal that freed five Americans on Monday.
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
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Iran, US On Verge Of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Brokered Deal
When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will see as many as five detained U.S. dual nationals leave Iran and a similar number of
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US, Iran Close To Informal Understanding Aimed At Easing Tensions
The US and Iran are close to an informal understanding under which Tehran would free American prisoners and eventually limit its nuclear program, people familiar with the matter said.
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US Accuses Iran Of Trying To Deflect Blame For Nuclear Talks Impasse
The United States on Saturday accused Tehran of an "outrageous" effort to deflect blame for the impasse in Iran nuclear talks and denied that any agreement had been reached on a prisoner swap.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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Lost Amid The US-Iran News, USD 1.7 Bilion Deal Now Raising Questions
The Obama administration's $1.7 billion payment to Iran to settle an arcane, decades-old financial dispute is prompting questions among Republican lawmakers trying to piece together the full scope of last weekend's dramatic US-Iranian prisoner swap and the lifting of many American sanctions on Tehran.
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Barack Obama Points To Iran Breakthroughs As Vindication Of Engagement
President Barack Obama hailed a series of breakthroughs with Iran as a vindication of his contentious policy of engagement Sunday and called on young Iranians to take the next step in building new ties with the world.
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We Have Cut Off Every Path For Iran To Obtain Nuclear Bomb: Obama
President Barack Obama today heralded the implementation of a nuclear deal with Iran, saying world powers had cut off every path it had to a nuclear bomb and that a prisoner swap showed what was possible with diplomacy
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Barack Obama Claims Credit For 'Smart' Diplomacy
President Barack Obama today heralded the release of Americans held prisoner in Iran and the full implementation of a historic nuclear accord with the Islamic Republic, holding both up as victories for "smart" diplomacy and his pledge to deal directly with enemies of the United States.
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Released Americans Have Not Left Iran Yet: Senior Iranian Official
A senior Iranian official said four Americans freed under a prisoner swap deal were still in Iran and denied earlier reports suggesting they had already left the country.
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How US-Iran Prisoner Swap Drama Unfolded In Fits And Starts
The first glimpse of a secretly negotiated US-Iran prisoner exchange came on Saturday in a flurry of early morning electronic filings in federal courts from New York to California as prosecutors dropped sanctions violations cases against more than half a dozen Iranians.
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Nuclear 'Implementation Day' Looms For Iran As Prisoners Freed
Iran and the US announced Saturday a prisoner swap in an apparent gesture of goodwill ahead of the expected entry into force of last year's mammoth nuclear deal between Tehran and six major powers.
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"Welcome Home": 5 Americans Freed By Iran Arrive In US
Five Americans freed by Iran in a high-stakes prisoner swap landed back in the United States on Tuesday to a joyous reunion with family members.
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Joe Biden Vows To 'Impose Costs On Iran' After Prisoner Swap
President Joe Biden said the United States would keep piling "costs" on Iran despite a prisoner swap deal that freed five Americans on Monday.
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5 US Detainees Freed By Iran Land In Qatar Under Prisoner Swap Deal
Five US citizens freed by Iran landed in Qatar on Monday in a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds, an AFP reporter said.
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$6 Billion Sent To Mediator Qatar For US-Iran Prisoner Swap: Report
Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday.
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Iran, US On Verge Of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Brokered Deal
When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will see as many as five detained U.S. dual nationals leave Iran and a similar number of
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US, Iran Close To Informal Understanding Aimed At Easing Tensions
The US and Iran are close to an informal understanding under which Tehran would free American prisoners and eventually limit its nuclear program, people familiar with the matter said.
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US Accuses Iran Of Trying To Deflect Blame For Nuclear Talks Impasse
The United States on Saturday accused Tehran of an "outrageous" effort to deflect blame for the impasse in Iran nuclear talks and denied that any agreement had been reached on a prisoner swap.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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Lost Amid The US-Iran News, USD 1.7 Bilion Deal Now Raising Questions
The Obama administration's $1.7 billion payment to Iran to settle an arcane, decades-old financial dispute is prompting questions among Republican lawmakers trying to piece together the full scope of last weekend's dramatic US-Iranian prisoner swap and the lifting of many American sanctions on Tehran.
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Barack Obama Points To Iran Breakthroughs As Vindication Of Engagement
President Barack Obama hailed a series of breakthroughs with Iran as a vindication of his contentious policy of engagement Sunday and called on young Iranians to take the next step in building new ties with the world.
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We Have Cut Off Every Path For Iran To Obtain Nuclear Bomb: Obama
President Barack Obama today heralded the implementation of a nuclear deal with Iran, saying world powers had cut off every path it had to a nuclear bomb and that a prisoner swap showed what was possible with diplomacy
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Barack Obama Claims Credit For 'Smart' Diplomacy
President Barack Obama today heralded the release of Americans held prisoner in Iran and the full implementation of a historic nuclear accord with the Islamic Republic, holding both up as victories for "smart" diplomacy and his pledge to deal directly with enemies of the United States.
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Released Americans Have Not Left Iran Yet: Senior Iranian Official
A senior Iranian official said four Americans freed under a prisoner swap deal were still in Iran and denied earlier reports suggesting they had already left the country.
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How US-Iran Prisoner Swap Drama Unfolded In Fits And Starts
The first glimpse of a secretly negotiated US-Iran prisoner exchange came on Saturday in a flurry of early morning electronic filings in federal courts from New York to California as prosecutors dropped sanctions violations cases against more than half a dozen Iranians.
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Nuclear 'Implementation Day' Looms For Iran As Prisoners Freed
Iran and the US announced Saturday a prisoner swap in an apparent gesture of goodwill ahead of the expected entry into force of last year's mammoth nuclear deal between Tehran and six major powers.
