Iran, U.S. expected to complete prisoner swap after releasing $6B of frozen Iranian funds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Kanaani said two of the detained Iranians would return to Iran, while one would travel to a third country to reunite with his family and the other two would remain in the United StatesThe five Americans are expected to fly to Qatar before being transferred to flights back to Washington.
47% : State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said last week that the frozen Iranian funds will be transferred from banks in South Korea to accounts controlled by Qatar, where Iran will have access to them.
40% : A key Iranian official said the United States and Iran were set to complete a prisoner swap on Monday, which includes the release of $6 billion of frozen Iranian assets.
40% : National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby insisted that there will be adequate oversight of the funds and rejected charges that the deal amounts to a blank check for Iran.
29% : Critics of the deal have said the United States doesn't have the ability to police such requests and transfers, allowing Iran to abuse the details of the agreement.

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