Iran releases Americans in prisoner swap deal: What we know about the exchange

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Since March 2022, Qatar held eight rounds of meetings between officials from the U.S. and Iran.
52% : Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken to prisoners once they landed in Doha, saying it was an "emotional conversation.
52% : Later on Monday, Mohammad Reza Farzin confirmed on state TV that Iran had received $5.9 billion, Days before the prisoner exchange, claiming $6 billion was a "ransom" payment and would encourage Iran to detail more Americans.
51% : " Nasser Kanaani, a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, said of the from U.S. custody, two would return to Iran and two would stay in the U.S., while the other would travel to a different country where their family lived.
51% : During his remarks regarding the release of American prisoners from Iran, Blinken said his thoughts were with Levinson.
50% : " The deal between Iran and the U.S. had been months in the making and was accomplished after a number of secret talks and discussions over diplomatic contracts, .
47% : Two other Americans, who had not been jailed but had been barred from leaving Iran, were also released as part of the agreement.
45% : "Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home," .
38% : Five Americans who had been jailed for years were freed from Iran on Monday as part of an elaborate diplomatic deal with the U.S. Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, as well as two others, had been detained in Iran for nearly a decade over a series of varied allegations including espionage.
38% : Qatari confirmed on Monday morning that the money belonging to Iran for selling oil to South Korea had arrived in its banks allowing the final stage of the deal to commence.
38% : In 2020, Levinson's family released a statement saying they believed he had died while in custody in Iran.
35% : Levinson was a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007.

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