Republicans have blasted the prisoner exchange, which includes the release of $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil revenues, as rewarding Tehran for imprisoning foreign nationals.
A spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Monday that of the five Iranians released as part of the swap, two planned to return to Iran, one was headed to a third country and two others intended to remain in the U.S., where they have legal residence.One of the Americans, Siamak Namazi, 51, had been imprisoned in Iran for almost eight years — longer than any of the other current American detainees.
Morad Tahbaz, 67, an Iranian American who also holds British citizenship, was arrested in January 2018 and convicted of espionage in 2019. U.S. officials say the families of the two other Americans released requested that their names remain private.Stefan Rousseau / PA Images via Getty Images file Jamshid Sharmahd, a software developer living in California, was kidnapped in 2020 during a stopover in the United Arab Emirates and taken to Iran, according to his family. He is a German citizen and is now facing the death penalty on charges of so-called “corruption on earth.” But his family says he merely advocated for democracy in Iran.
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