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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Tucker

A new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans

ASSOCIATED PRESS

As the Biden administration heralds the forthcoming release of five U.S. citizens detained by Iran, President Joe Biden is also confronting questions about the price being paid to bring them — and other detainees — home.

The billions of dollars being unfrozen for Iran and the release of five prisoners charged in America are just the latest sizable concessions by the U.S. government in the name of securing the freedom of wrongfully detained Americans.

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