5 Americans land in Qatar as part of US-Iran prisoner swap

US citizens Emad Sharqi , Morad Tahbaz and Siamak Namazi disembark from a Qatari jet upon their arrival in Doha today.

“Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,” US president Joe Biden said in a statement, adding they “will soon be reunited with their loved ones – after enduring years of agony, uncertainty, and suffering.” A plane sent by mediator Qatar flew the five US citizens and two of their relatives out of Tehran after both sides got confirmation the funds had been transferred to accounts in Doha, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.US officials received the five Americans after they disembarked from the Qatari plane at Doha, the Reuters witness said.Earlier, two of the five Iranians landed in Qatar, a US official said.

A senior US administration official said the deal did not change Washington’s adversarial relationship with Tehran, but the door was open for diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear programme.

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