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Deal or no deal? $6bn prisoner release may well turn into a rod for Biden’s back

Biden faces flak for putting US self-interest ahead of Iranians’ struggle for human rights

oon after her release, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remarked that freedom for a former political prisoner is never complete since those freed always recall those left behind. But when five Americans were released from Iranian captivity, the mood was simple, joyous

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