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US to pay bn ransom to Iran to free 5 hostages together with British citizen Morad Tahbaz
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US to pay $6bn ransom to Iran to free 5 hostages together with British citizen Morad Tahbaz

The US is to pay a $6bn (£4.8bn) ransom to Iran in return for the discharge of a British nationwide and 4 Americans held within the nation.The Biden administration has issued a waiver for worldwide banks to switch frozen Iranian cash with out the repercussions of US sanctions. Currently held in South Korea, the belongings might be transferred to Qatar which Iran will then have the ability to use for purchasing humanitarian items.The deal, which secretary of state Antony Blinken signed off on final week, additionally contains the discharge of 5 unnamed Iranian residents held within the US.Four of these held in Iran have been launched from jail and positioned underneath home arrest final month, based on US officers. The US-Iranian twin nationals embrace businessmen Siamak Namaz...