USA and Iran: compromise for freedom:
Washington and Tehran are planning a prisoner exchange. The Iranian regime negotiates another bonus - US Republicans call ...
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Planned US-Iran deal links prisoner swap to six billion dollarsFive US citizens are expected to leave Iran and five Iranians the US, while Republicans criticize the proposed arrangement.
Key FactsSep 12, 2023 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: sueddeutsche.de
- The planned exchange is intended to return five US citizens from Iran and five Iranians from the United States.
- The six billion dollars are intended to become available through restricted Qatari accounts under strict conditions.
- Republican US lawmakers criticize the plan as a possible incentive for future hostage-taking and its timing before the UN General Assembly.
- The US State Department emphasizes that the planned deal would not end existing sanctions against Iran.
It has long been U.S. policy to ensure that our sanctions do not prevent food, medicines and other humanitarian goods and services from reaching people, no matter how reprehensible their governments are.— U.S. State Department, in a statement
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Key FactsFive Americans released from Iran arrive in the United States
Sep 19, 2023 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The five dual Iranian-US citizens first flew from Tehran to Doha, then continued to Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
- Those released included Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz; the other two did not wish to be named.
- Under the agreement, five Iranians were also released from US custody; three chose not to return to Iran.
- The US said the released $6 billion could only serve humanitarian purposes; Republicans raised concerns about possible support for proxy groups.
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