NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the release of five American detainees by Tehran was
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS"purely a humanitarian action" as they left Iran under a Qatar-mediated deal that involved the release of $6 billion Iranian funds in South Korea.
Iranian authorities said the five Iranians detained by the United States and charged with committing crimes had been freed, an apparent reference to their being granted clemency. Two arrived in Doha, U.S. and Iranian officials said.
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