Americans Released by Iran Arrive Home, as They Tearfully Embrace Their Loved Ones

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% : WASHINGTON -- Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared "Freedom!"
55% : Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.
48% : Iran aired footage of the two prisoners who returned to the Islamic Republic as part of the swap, while two will remain in the U.S. and a fifth will go to a third country.
45% : "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 initially landed in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
43% : "We haven't had this moment in 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.
41% : Mr. Kafrani was indicted in 2021, charged with unlawfully exporting laboratory equipment to Iran and money laundering, though his case had not yet moved to trial.
39% : Iranian government officials have largely concurred, though some hard-liners have insisted, 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.
34% : 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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