The release last month of a New Jersey student held hostage in Iran had given hope to the families of other Americans being held captive. But those hopes have dimmed with the two nations edging dangerously close to conflict.
in exchange for the U.S. freeing a detained Iranian scientist. Crushing U.S. sanctions on Iran remain in place, but the release suggested Tehran could be open to using additional American captives as bargaining chips for future negotiations.
“From the lens that I look through of how things affect my family and getting them home safely and expeditiously, when we’re in a period of detente, I feel more hopeful,” said Namazi, who is based in Dubai. He said he saw a silver lining in President Donald Trump’s statement on Twitter that “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!” and is hopeful that means the two sides are open to easing and even humanitarian gestures.
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