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It's the latest in what has been decades of prisoner swaps between the two countries. The Americans include Siamak Namazi, held since 2015, and Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, both detained in 2018.

Countries acknowledge initial step in deal expected to include prisoner swap and give Tehran access to frozen funds.

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Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, part of a possible deal over billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea

Move could indicate start of a possible prisoner swap between US and Iran, though negotiations for release of the five are continuing

US news outlets say transfer marks first step in potential prisoner swap deal between Washington and Tehran.

Biden administration calls move an ‘enouraging step’ and says negotiations remain ‘ongoing’

The move comes amid the outlines of a deal after diplomacy between U.S. and Iran via mediators — but nothing is final.

The daughter of an environmentalist imprisoned by Iran said on Saturday she had lost confidence in US President Joe Biden's efforts to free her father. Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, has served five years of a 10-year sentence after being convicted of spying. He was briefly…

The daughter of an environmentalist imprisoned by Iran said on Saturday she had lost confidence in U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to free her father.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the prisoner exchange deal is now in Washington's court, stressing that it was waiting for the US to solve some technical issues. Iranian sources reported that the discussions of Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri-Kani, focused on three main issues: the…