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US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal

Five Americans freed by Iran, including a businessman arrested in 2015, landed in Doha

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Arch-foes the United States and Iran each released five detainees on Monday in a prisoner swap deal that also gives Tehran access to $6 billion in long-frozen oil funds.

The five Americans freed by Iran, including a businessman arrested in 2015, landed in Doha just before 5:40pm (1440 GMT) on a Qatari jet, hours after the unblocked funds were credited to Iranian accounts in Qatari banks.

The five were greeted on the tarmac before walking in the setting sun to a terminal building, three of them with their arms around each other’s shoulders.

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One of them praised US President Joe Biden for ignoring the political backlash and taking the “incredibly difficult decisions” that freed them.

“Thank you President Biden for ultimately putting the lives of American citizens above politics,” Siamak Namazi said in a statement.

Two of the Iranian detainees arrived in Qatar, Iranian media said. The other three released by the United States have opted to remain there or in a third country, Tehran said.

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