From there, the three are headed to the US.
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It’s unclear if they will leave the USA for Iran.
Here’s a look at each American.
Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter was convicted of espionage and other charges after a closed-door trial past year.
“He seems really great, obviously he’s been through an incredible ordeal”, Kildee, D-Flint Township, told Andrea Mitchell in an interview for MSNBC after the meeting, which Kildee was present for. Rezaian said he was later placed in a 15-by-20-foot room with three cots and no mattresses, the Post said. In a statement reported by the New York Times, they said, “The very fact that they took him out of the prison and to a hospital is good”. From Geneva, they are to be flown to a US air base in Germany.
“All are happy except Zionists, warmongers, sowers of discord among Islamic nations and extremists in the U.S. The rest are happy”, Rouhani said, according to the AP. The fact is that we shouldn’t have to trade anything to get our citizens back home.
Kerry said the prisoner swap and nearly simultaneous implementation of the nuclear deal raise the prospects of increased U.S.-Iranian cooperation on other matters.
Amir Hekmati, 32, was born in Arizona and is a former Marine.
Amir Hekmati was able to see his family for the first time in more than four years on Monday, Jan. 18 in Germany.
“I’m in a fog”, she told CBS News’ Adriana Diaz at Detroit’s airport.
Obama met with the families of the prisoners, stating, “In some cases these Americans faced years of continued detention, and I met with some of their families”.
Hekmati’s family wrote, in a statement posted on Facebook, that they “remain in hopeful anticipation”.
Kildee, who long advocated for Hekmati’s release, had gathered with Hekmati’s family this weekend in MI as they awaited confirmation of his release. “I am incredibly grateful to everyone, including my staff, who worked tirelessly to secure Amir’s release”.
“Amir Hekmati’s a patriot”. The video games developer was sentenced to death by Iran on spying charges.
Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the ACLJ, said Saeed Abedini would fly through Switzerland, Germany and then get evaluated at a medical facility.
MARTIN: Can I just briefly ask you about another name that many Americans may have heard, which is Robert Levinson?
A senior United States administration official confirmed that “our detained USA citizens have been released and that those who wished to depart Iran have left”.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, officials said Khosravi-Roodsari – about whom little is known – elected not to board the plane that left for Switzerland. They added that his decision is of his own making and stated that, “We don’t make that judgment”.
The release of the prisoners was the result of “tireless” work by American diplomats, on the sidelines of nuclear negotiations with Iran, President Obama said Sunday.
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson also praised the release of four Americans and attacked the Iran nuclear agreement.
Kildee traveled to Germany with Hekmati’s sister Sarah and her husband, Dr. Ramy Kurdi, to meet Hekmati, who was released from Iranian imprisonment along with three other Americans on Saturday as part of a prisoner swap.
In addition, the USA was dropping drop Interpol “red notices” – essentially arrest warrants – on 14 Iranian fugitives it has sought, officials said.
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Detailing his confidence in the state of the world and Iran, he said “Following the nuclear deal, you-especially young Iranians-have the opportunity to begin building new ties with the world”.
