Five US detainees leave Iran via Doha in prisoner swap deal ...Kuwait

Five US detainees released by Iran took off for Doha in a prisoner swap Monday, an informed source told AFP, after $6 billion in frozen funds were transferred to Iranian accounts in Qatar. The five, who include a businessman and a conservationist, and who left Iran on a Qatari plane accompanied by two relatives, were freed in exchange for five Iranians held by the United States. "A Qatari jet has taken off with the five prisoners and two relatives accompanied by the Qatari ambassador," a source with knowledge of the situation told AFP. The trigger for the exchange was the release of the $6 billion in funds, long frozen by US ally South Korea under sanctions against Ir

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