Monday, January 18, 2016

Prisoner Release Helps Obama Blunt Iran Criticism


By Andrew Beatty, Jan 17, 2016 Yahoo

Washington (AFP) - The surprise release of five Americans held in Iran has helped a vulnerable President Barack Obama put his political foes on the back foot.

On a day when the White House took the politically unpopular step of unfreezing up to $100 billion dollars in Iranian assets, the administration pulled an ace from its sleeve.

After 14 months of stop-start secret talks between senior Iranian and US officials, Tehran announced the release of four Americans in exchange for seven Iranians being released in the United States.

A fifth American, identified as Matthew Trevitick, was also released as a separate but "associated goodwill gesture."

 
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