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    5 Americans freed in Iran prisoner swap after years of captivity

    by Tracy Wilkinson and Courtney SubramanianTracy Wilkinson and Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times Sep 18, 2023 4 minutes
    Roxanne Tahbaz holds a photograph of her father, Morad Tahbaz, outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on April 13, 2022, in London.

    NEW YORK — Five American citizens held for years in Iran under what U.S. officials describe as brutal conditions were freed Monday and allowed to fly out of the country, the result of months of secret negotiations, a senior Biden administration official said.

    In exchange, Iran will gain access to $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue that has been frozen, and five Iranian citizens imprisoned in the U.S. will be released.

    The former prisoners flew in a Qatari government airplane to Doha before continuing to Washington. Several senior Biden administration officials were on hand to greet them in the Qatari capital.

    Deemed wrongfully detained by

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