US Congressmen in Germany to meet Americans released by Iran

Jason Rezaian, Teheran correspondent for The Washington Post, Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor, former US Marine Amir Hekmati, and Nosratollah Khosravi, departed “on a special Swiss plane”, the report said yesterday.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he is happy five Americans held prisoners in Iran have been released, but he said the United States gave in to terrorism by releasing seven Iranians accused of violating the nuclear deal and agreeing not to pursue another 14.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee also traveled to Germany with the family and met Amir for the first time.

President Obama even personally called Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of the pastor Saeed, which garnered intense gratitude and praise from her family. The men have said they were selling parts for surge protectors that shield computers from thunderstorms, according to The Washington Post. Furthermore, the disastrous agreement will release more than $100 billion to Iran and allow it to continue exporting terrorism around the world and threaten the United States and its allies. Iranian state television described him as a businessman.

“The Iranians, as they have done all along, continued to manipulate them, continued to try to mess with them, and prevented Yegi from leaving for some period of time”, Ali Rezaian said. There are still many unknowns.

Abedini, Rezaian, and Hekmati are now at a U.S military hospital in Germany undergoing medical checkups before making the final journey home. “Yesterday, the families finally got the news that they were waiting for”. Amir was charged with espionage and other crimes in 2012, sentenced to death. His family and the USA government had long denied that he was a spy and have repeatedly pleaded for his release. In 2013, Paul co-sponsored a Senate resolution that demanded the Iranian government release the man. In December he launched a hunger strike to protest his captivity and lost weight and was having trouble breathing.

“Through a diplomatic channel that was established with the focus of getting our detained USA citizens home, we can confirm Iran has released from imprisonment four Americans detained in Iran”, one of the USA officials said. And it will be like Ronald Reagan where as soon as he took office, the hostages were released from Iran.

The scenario was complicated by the intricate negotiations aimed at limiting Iran’s apparent nuclear ambitions and securing the lifting of the sanctions that have crippled its economy. Do we know anything about him? He was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Pittenger got involved a month later as evangelicals across the country, including two in North Carolina, sought to galvanize support for Abedini’s release.

“This is just surreal”, Kildee said.

“I’m in a fog”, she told CBS News’ Adriana Diaz at Detroit’s airport. “Yegi had been told repeatedly by the interrogators that they weren’t going to let her leave with Jason”. During her meeting with Obama, he assured Naghmeh Abedini he would do everything he could to get her husband back before his term was over, so she hoped it would happen by the end of 2016.

Over the weekend, four Americans were freed from Evin Prison in Iran as part of a prisoner swap for seven Iranians. During his incarceration, he reportedly suffered severe beatings.

Furthermore, another prisoner in the country named Matthew Trevithick was also released, although US officials noted that it is not part of the negotiated deal between the USA and Iran.