Five Americans freed in Iran prisoner swap land in US - BBC News
The four men and one woman return to the US after $6bn of frozen Iranian funds were released.
32 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Family members embrace two of the five freed Americans after they arrived at Fort Belvoir in the USBy Bernd Debusmann JrBBC NewsA plane carrying five Americans jailed in Iran for years has landed in the US after a controversial prisoner swap.
They touched down in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, just south of Washington DC on Tuesday morning.
They earlier flew from Tehran to Doha where they were transferred onto a plane bound for the US.
The last piece of the deal fell into place on Monday when $6bn (£4.8bn) in Iranian cash - held in South Korea - was sent to banks in Doha.
The released prisoners are dual Iranian-US citizens. Five Iranians have also been released from US custody and of those five, three chose not to return to Iran.
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