Iran Transfers US Citizens From Prison in Step Toward Deal
- Transfers are a key step toward the Americans coming home
- Iran seeks prisoner swap, release of $6 billion that’s frozen
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Iran moved four US citizens from prison to house arrest in the first step of an emerging deal in which the US is expected to unfreeze $6 billion in assets to Tehran and free several jailed Iranians.
The American prisoners include Siamak Namazi, who has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison since October 2015, along with three others, while a fifth American may also be freed. Iran’s state-run media said four US citizens will be released in exchange for four or more unidentified Iranians detained in the US and only after the $6 billion in funds that are blocked in South Korea are transferred into an account in Qatar.