U.S. prisoners freed from Iran make emotional return home after swap deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, a prominent Republican, said the transfer of the $6 billion could encourage Iran to detain more U.S. citizens.
46% : After the transfer was confirmed, the five U.S. prisoners plus two relatives took off on a Qatari plane from Tehran, at the same time as two of the five Iranian detainees landed in Doha on their way home.
44% : Biden aides say the money belongs to Iran and is being transferred from restricted South Korean accounts to restricted accounts in Qatar, which will monitor the cash to ensure it is spent on humanitarian goods not items under U.S. sanctions.
43% : "We will continue to impose costs on Iran for their provocative actions in the region," he said.
42% : Three Iranians chose not to go to Iran.
38% : DOHA/NEW YORK -- Five Americans freed from Iran made an emotional return to the United States on Tuesday ending their imprisonment "nightmare," a day after they were swapped for five Iranians held in the U.S. and the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian funds.Coming off the plane, the returning Americans were embraced by family and friends with smiles, laughs, and visible emotion, video footage from the airport showed.
37% : U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the door open to nuclear diplomacy, but suggested nothing was imminent.
30% : Washington suspects Iran's nuclear program may be aimed at developing nuclear arms, a charge Iran denies.
21% : The deal removes a point of friction between the United States, which brands Tehran a sponsor of terrorism, and Iran, which calls Washington the "Great Satan."
18% : Relations between the United States and Iran have been especially bitter since 2018 when then-President Donald Trump pulled out of a deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions and toughened U.S. sanctions.

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