President Biden in August signed off on a politically charged agreement that secured the freedom of five Americans who were detained in Iran.
with the Islamic Republic of Iran that secured their freedom and saw the transfer of roughly $6 billion in unfrozen Iranian oil assets.
The politically charged agreement that brought the five Americans home included not only the Iranian regime gaining access to $6 billion of dollars in blocked funds, but also the release five Iranian facing charges in the U.S. The Americans' release from Tehran comes after four of the detainees were moved from Iran's notorious Evin Prison and placed under house arrest in August. The fifth American was already under house arrest.Siamak Namazi, a 51-year-old Iranian-American businessman, was detained in Iran in 2015 while he was visiting his parents. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly collaborating with a foreign government.
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