Five American Hostages Arrive Home, Ending ‘Nightmare’

US officials arrange a group photo after freed Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi — as well as two other Americans -- who were released in a prisoner swap deal arrived at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, September 19, 2023.
US officials arrange a group photo after freed Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi — as well as two other Americans -- who were released in a prisoner swap deal arrived at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, September 19, 2023.

Five Americans held hostage in Iran arrived in the United States Tuesday, one day after $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil revenues was transferred to banks in Qatar.