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September 19, 2023

Five U.S. Citizens Return Home After Prisoner Swap with Iran
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Five U.S. citizens released from prison in Iran Monday have arrived back
in the United States following a rare prisoner swap agreement between
the United States and Tehran. They were freed after the U.S. unfroze $6
billion of Iran's oil revenue and released five Iranians held in the
United States. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to the five
Americans after their release.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "I can tell you that it was, for
them, for me, an emotional conversation. It's easy, in the work that we
do every day, sometimes to get lost in the abstractions of foreign
policy and relations with other countries, and forgetting the human
element that's at the heart of everything we do."

We'll have more on Iran after headlines.


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