Iran to release five detainees, including British citizen Morad Tahbaz, in prisoner swap

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Five imprisoned citizens who were in Iran will be given to the US side reciprocally, based on their will.
52% : They will be transferred to an airport in Tehran "soon" before they leave for Qatar, two Iranian officials told Reuters.
47% : Iran will release a British national and four Americans held in the country in exchange for $6bn (£4.8bn) and a prisoner swap.
46% : Two of the Iranian prisoners will stay in the US, two will fly to Iran and one detainee will join his family in a third country, an Iranian official said.British national among those being releasedLondon-born Mr Tahbaz was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for "assembly and collusion against Iran's national security" and working for the US as a spy.
34% : "It comes weeks after Iran said the five were released from prison and placed under house arrest.
31% : The US-Iranian dual nationals being released in Iran include businessmen Siamak Namazi, 51, and Emad Shargi, 58.Together with Mr Tahbaz, they had all been jailed at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on spying charges.
28% : The money from South Korea represents funds Seoul owed Iran, but had not yet paid, for oil purchased before Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
13% : The West has accused Iran of using foreign prisoners as bargaining chips, an allegation Tehran rejects.

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