After changing prisoners! US media: Five Americans released by Iran have arrived in the United States
According to the Congressional Hill, on the 19th local time, five American citizens released by Iran arrived in Fort Belvo, Virginia, USA.
According to reports, as part of the agreement reached between the United States and Iran, these five American citizens were released on the 18th and flew to Doha on a Qatar plane after the Biden administration agreed to unfreeze approximately $6 billion of Iranian oil funds and transfer them to bank accounts in Doha. They arrived in the United States earlier on the 19th.
According to reports, US President Biden wrote in a statement on the 18th, "Today, five innocent Americans detained in Iran have finally returned home."
The report states that as a condition for their release, the White House has agreed to impose leniency on five Iranians and issued a comprehensive exemption to international banks, allowing the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian oil sales proceeds frozen in South Korea to a bank in Qatar.
The report also stated that some Republican lawmakers in the United States believe that this move will release resources for Iran's military spending and support for terrorism. Both parties expressed concerns that "this will encourage hostile countries to take more Americans traveling abroad as hostages in the future."
According to previous reports, with the active mediation of Qatar, US and Iranian officials reached a principled agreement in August on matters such as exchanging hostages between the two sides. According to the agreement, Iran will release 5 American citizens detained in Iran, and the United States will also release 5 Iranian citizens detained in the United States.