Americans detained for years in Iran 'arrive in US' after their release

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Iran says the programme is peaceful but now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.
48% : "Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home," Mr Biden said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
45% : The 5.9 billion US dollars (£4.76 billion) in cash released to Iran represents money South Korea owed Iran -- but had not yet paid -- for oil bought before the US imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
41% : Nour News identified the two in Doha as Mehrdad Ansari, an Iranian sentenced by the US 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, were also on the plane.
37% : However, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the US and Iran, which are locked in disputes over Tehran's nuclear programme and other matters.
35% : "Iran and the US have a history of prisoner swaps dating back to the 1979 US embassy takeover and hostage crisis following the Islamic Revolution.
32% : Americans detained for years in Iran have arrived in the US after being freed as part of a deal that saw US President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly six billion dollars (£4.84 billion) in frozen Iranian assets.
27% : The deal has already opened up Mr Biden to fresh criticism from Republicans and others, who say the administration is helping to boost the Iranian economy at a time when Iran poses a growing threat to American troops and Middle East allies.

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