The five Americans were permitted to leave the country after being imprisoned in Evin Prison - Iran’s most notoriously brutal prison - in exchange for the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iran oil revenue, and the dismissal of federal charges against five Iranians accused of sanctions violations. and Iran that saw five detained Americans released on Monday as a positive development in relations between the two nations - but with several asterisks. A Northeastern Middle East policy expert is hailing the prisoner swap between the U.S.
