Who are the American prisoners that were detained in Iran and are now free?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The company sought to assist Iranian businesses with developing ties with firms from abroad who were seeking to operate in Iran.
53% : After graduating from university, Mr Namazi returned to the US for compulsory military service and from 1994 to 1996, he worked as a duty officer with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning in Tehran.
52% : "Five imprisoned citizens who were in Iran will be given to the US side.
50% : Although Mr Shargi,56, was born in Iran, he left at a young age but decided to move back to the country with his wife Bahareh Amidi Shargi in 2017 after their daughters left for college.
48% : He is known to be the longest-held hostage in Iran and resided in Dubai before he was taken captive.
45% : Five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran have now been freed, officials said.
43% : He founded Future Alliance International, a Washington DC-based consulting company focused on the risks of doing business in Iran in 1998 and later worked as a managing director at his family's consulting firm.
43% : In 2015, the businessman was detained by the Revolutionary Guards while he was visiting his family in Tehran.
38% : So, who are the US citizens who were detained in Iran for many years?Emad Shargi, an Iranian American businessman was arrested on 23 April 2018.
38% : According to United Against Nuclear Iran, Mr Shargi worked in Iran in a senior role at Sarva, an Iran-based venture capital and holding company that made investments in Iran's technology sector.
38% : Months later his ailing father, Baquer, was detained after returning to Iran to visit his jailed son.
36% : A former Iranian provincial governor and former UNICEF official who also has dual citizenship, Baquer Namazi was put under house arrest in 2018 on medical grounds and left Iran in 2022 for medical treatment.
34% : But the regime held onto his passport and according to United Against Nuclear Iran a news story wrongly reported that Mr Shargi was arrested again.
33% : The group was using camera traps to monitor endangered species, including the Persian leopard and Asiatic cheetah, United Against Nuclear Iran reported.
32% : His wife went to Iran after Mr Tahbaz's arrest and was prohibited from leaving the country for many years but now he reportedly has his wife alongside him on the flight leaving Iran.

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