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    Iranian Release Of Prisoners May Be Part Of Broader Deal To Lift Sanctions

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    Post by Lobo Sat 16 Jan 2016, 3:27 pm

    Iranian Release Of Prisoners May Be Part Of Broader Deal To Lift Sanctions
    Updated January 16, 20162:17 PM ET Published January 16, 201612:00 PM ET



    Secretary of State John Kerry is in Vienna this morning, and Iranian state media are reporting the release of four Iranian-American prisoners. It may be part of a deal with Iran to lift sanctions.

    Iran Releasing 5 American Detainees; America Releasing 7 Iranians
    Updated January 16, 20163:23 PM ET Published January 16, 20169:43 AM ET

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    Ali Rezaian, brother of Washington Post Tehran Bureau Chief Jason Rezaian (shown in picture frame), talks about his brother's imprisonment in Iran while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 2, 2015. Iranian media outlets are reporting that Rezaian has been released.
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    Iran is releasing four Iranian-American prisoners Saturday, as part of a prisoner swap with the U.S.

    The release, originally reported by Iranian state media, has been confirmed by U.S. officials. Iran is also releasing a fifth American detainee, separate from the exchange.

    The released prisoners include Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter who was the newspaper's Tehran bureau chief. He was arrested in 2014 and charged with spying, an allegation his paper strongly denies. His secretive trial attracted widespread attention and numerous calls for his release.

    Amir Hekmati, Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi were the other three Iranian-American prisoners released, according to Iranian media and U.S. officials.

    Hekmati is a former U.S. Marine whose family says he was visiting his grandmothers when he was arrested in 2011. Iran accused him of working for the CIA.

    Abedini is a convert to Christianity who, according to his wife, was working to build an orphanage in Iran when he was detained in 2012. Iran charged him with disrupting national security. You can read more about Hekmati and Abedini here.

    The release of the four dual-nationals is part of a prisoner exchange, according to IRNA and U.S. sources.

    One U.S. source tells NPR's Carrie Johnson that seven Iranians will be pardoned or win commuted sentences as part of the swap. U.S. officials also say charges will be dismissed against 14 Iranian fugitives.

    Apart from the prisoner exchange, Iran is also releasing a fifth imprisoned American, Matthew Trevithick. Trevithick has worked at the American University of Afghanistan and the American University of Iraq, and is a writer and podcaster.

    The news comes as Iran is widely believed to be on the verge of "Implementation Day" — the benchmark Iran will reach when it has met its obligations under the international nuclear deal, and many sanctions against the country are lifted.

    As part of the landmark deal, Iran agreed to reduce its stockpile of uranium, remove centrifuges and allow for more intrusive inspection, among other things. Once the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies that Iran has met the terms, billions of dollars of Iranian assets will be unfrozen and some limits on trade and banking with Iran will be lifted.
    http://www.npr.org/2016/01/16/463304920/iranian-release-of-prisoners-may-be-part-of-broader-deal-to-lift-sanctions?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=storiesfromnpr
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