Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Loved ones, some holding small American flags, enveloped them in hugs and exchanged greetings in English and Farsi, the main language of Iran.
55% : Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.
44% : "Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home," the Democratic president said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
43% : "We haven't had this moment is over eight years," he added, his arm around his brother and his formerly detained father, Baquer, who had been earlier released by Iran.
43% : The $5.9 billion in cash released to Iran represents money South Korea owed Iran -- but had not yet paid -- for oil purchased before the U.S. imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
42% : Nour News identified the two in Doha as: Mehrdad Ansari, an Iranian sentenced by the U.S. to 63 months in prison in 2021 for obtaining equipment that could be used in missiles, electronic warfare, nuclear weapons and other military gear, and Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, an Iranian charged in 2021 over allegedly unlawfully exporting laboratory equipment to Iran.
39% : Iranian government officials have largely concurred, though some hard-liners have insisted, without evidence, that there would be no restrictions on how Tehran spends the money.
38% : Two of the imprisoned Americans' family members, Effie Namazi and Vida Tahbaz, who had been under travel bans in Iran, also were on the plane.
35% : "Iran and the U.S. have a history of prisoner swaps dating back to the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis following the Islamic Revolution.
32% : However, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in disputes over Tehran's nuclear program and other matters.
26% : The deal has already opened Biden to fresh criticism from Republicans and others who say the administration is helping boost the Iranian economy at a time when Iran poses a growing threat to American troops and Mideast allies.

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