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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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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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"Encouraging": White House On Iran Moving US Prisoners To House Arrest
The White House said Thursday it was encouraged by Iran's shift of five Americans from prison to house arrest but repeated demands that they be freed completely.
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Iran "Responsible' For Safety Of Americans In Evin Prison": US
The US State Department said Saturday that Iran was accountable for the safety of Americans held at Evin prison, after fire and clashes erupted at the notorious Tehran facility.
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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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Ready To Swap All Prisoners With US, Says Iran
Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
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Donald Trump Thanks Iran As American Freed In Prisoner Swap
President Donald Trump had rare positive words for Iran on Saturday, thanking the US foe for a "very fair" negotiation to successfully pull off a prisoner swap that saw an American released from Iranian detention amid soaring tensions.
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In Rare Act Of Cooperation, United States, Iran Swap Prisoners
The United States and Iran swapped prisoners - a Chinese-American detained for three years on spying charges and an imprisoned Iranian - on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump took office.
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Couple Jailed In Iran For Possessing Alcohol, Espionage
An Iranian-American dual citizen and his wife have been sentenced to 27 and 16 years in jail respectively, the husband said in a letter from prison published on human rights websites.
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Was $400 Million In Cash Handed Over To Iran A Ransom For Four Americans?
Reports of $400 million paid in cash to Iran soon after four Americans were released from prison in January has breathed new life into charges that Washington paid a ransom for their freedom.
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'$400 Million Airlifted' To Iran By US As 4 Prisoners Were Freed: Report
The US secretly organised an "airlift of USD 400 million" in hard cash to Iran that coincided with the release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to a media report.
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Barack Obama Meets Reporter Freed From Iran
US President Barack Obama on Monday met Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who spent 18 months in an Iranian prison before his release in January.
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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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"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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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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"Encouraging": White House On Iran Moving US Prisoners To House Arrest
The White House said Thursday it was encouraged by Iran's shift of five Americans from prison to house arrest but repeated demands that they be freed completely.
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Iran "Responsible' For Safety Of Americans In Evin Prison": US
The US State Department said Saturday that Iran was accountable for the safety of Americans held at Evin prison, after fire and clashes erupted at the notorious Tehran facility.
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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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Ready To Swap All Prisoners With US, Says Iran
Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
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Donald Trump Thanks Iran As American Freed In Prisoner Swap
President Donald Trump had rare positive words for Iran on Saturday, thanking the US foe for a "very fair" negotiation to successfully pull off a prisoner swap that saw an American released from Iranian detention amid soaring tensions.
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In Rare Act Of Cooperation, United States, Iran Swap Prisoners
The United States and Iran swapped prisoners - a Chinese-American detained for three years on spying charges and an imprisoned Iranian - on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump took office.
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Couple Jailed In Iran For Possessing Alcohol, Espionage
An Iranian-American dual citizen and his wife have been sentenced to 27 and 16 years in jail respectively, the husband said in a letter from prison published on human rights websites.
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Was $400 Million In Cash Handed Over To Iran A Ransom For Four Americans?
Reports of $400 million paid in cash to Iran soon after four Americans were released from prison in January has breathed new life into charges that Washington paid a ransom for their freedom.
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'$400 Million Airlifted' To Iran By US As 4 Prisoners Were Freed: Report
The US secretly organised an "airlift of USD 400 million" in hard cash to Iran that coincided with the release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to a media report.
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Barack Obama Meets Reporter Freed From Iran
US President Barack Obama on Monday met Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who spent 18 months in an Iranian prison before his release in January.
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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.
