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Biden thanks Qatar’s emir for rare Iran-US prisoner swap deal

A family member embraces freed American Siamak Namazi after he and four fellow detainees were released in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran, and arrived at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, US, September 19 [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a phone call from United States President Joe Biden who has thanked the Gulf nation’s emir for his help in mediating a landmark prisoner swap deal with Iran.

The emir’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that Biden spoke positively of Doha’s “active and constructive” efforts in global politics.

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