The deal removes a point of friction between Washington and Tehran.
Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi, and Morad Tahbaz walk away from a Qatar Airways flight that brought them out of Tehran and to Doha.
After the transfer was confirmed, the five US 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. Three Iranians chose not to go to Iran. But it is unclear whether it will bring the two adversaries, which have been at odds for 40 years, closer on any other issues, such as Iran’s nuclear programme and its backing for regional militias, or the US military’s presence in the Gulf and US sanctions.
Relations between the US 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 US sanctions.
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