US prisoner released in swap knows the first thing he's doing when he gets home

September 19, 2023 at 08:30

I want to lay back on the grass, with the warm sun on my face, and gaze up at the open blue skies," Namazi said in the statement.
"My other pressing ‘needs’ include visiting the Apple Store to replace all the devices my captors took as bounty.
I am dying to find out what gadgets now exist – when i was taken hostage, the iPhone 6s had just come out.
The five Americans also arrived in Qatar on Monday, according to the report, and were greeted on the tarmac by U.S.
Three of the former prisoners, Namazi, Emad Sharghi and Morad Tahbaz, hugged the ambassador and others present after exiting the plane.
U.S. officials have yet to identify the other two prisoners who were freed, according to the Associated Press.
However, the U.S. did announce that it was sanctioning Iranian officials it believes are at least partly responsible for the five Americans' "wrongful detention."
Blinken also demanded answers on the status of missing American Bob Levinson, who was detained by Iran in 2007.
We call on Iran to give a full accounting of what happened to Bob Levinson, from his initial captivity to his probable death."
According to Kanaani, the deal also included the release of five Iranian nationals who had been jailed in the United States.
"On the subject of the prisoner swap, it will happen today and five prisoners, citizens of the Islamic Republic, will be released from the prisons in the U.S.," he said.
There is nothing partisan about saving the lives of innocent Americans and today should be a moment of American unity as we welcome them home."