'Nightmare is finally over': Americans freed from Iran speak of relief on return to US

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.
43% : Five former prisoners land in Virginia after controversial deal which involved exchange of five Iranians and unfreezing of $6bnAmericans detained for years in Iran arrived home on Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared "Freedom!"
39% : 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.
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 program and other matters.
34% : The $5.9bn in cash released to Iran represents money South Korea owed Iran - but had not yet paid - for oil purchased before the US imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
25% : 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 Middle East allies.

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