One of the hostages includes British citizen Morad Tahbaz.
is set to pay £4.8bn to Iran in return for the release of a British citizen and four American citizens.
The US-Iranian dual nationals include businessmen Siamak Namazi, 51, and Emad Shargi, 58, as well as environmentalistThe identity of the fourth US citizen has not been made public, while a fifth man was already under house arrest. A waiver has been issued by the Biden administration for international banks to transfer frozen Iranian money without the repercussions of US sanctions.from South Korea where they are currently held which Iran will then be able to use to buy humanitarian goods.
Congress was only informed about the deal on Monday, despite US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken signing it off last week.According to US officials four of the people were released from prison and placed under house arrest in Iran last month. Tahbaz holds British citizenship and like other prisoners was held at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran
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