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A Welcome Humanitarian Deal between the U.S. and Iran
Washington and Tehran have reached an accord bringing U.S. hostages home from Iran and unfreezing Iranian assets.
The agreement has much to recommend it, despite what critics say.
- ICG
The Biden administration has just completed implementing the deal with Iran that it announced last month.
It is a humanitarian agreement that secures the freedom of five American hostages in Iran in return for the release of an equivalent number of Iranian prisoners in the United States.
In parallel, the Biden administration has also agreed to unfreeze nearly $6 billion worth of Iranian oil revenue stuck for years in…