Americans detained for years in Iran ‘arrive in US’ after their release

The successful negotiations for the Americans’ freedom brought Mr Biden profuse thanks from their families but heat from Republican presidential rivals and other opponents for the monetary arrangement with one of America’s top adversaries

From left: Emad Sharghi, Morad Tahbaz and Siamak Namazi exit a Qatar Airways flight from Iran to Qatar (Lujain Jo/AP)

Americans detained for years in Iran have arrived in the US after being freed as part of a deal that saw US President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly six billion dollars (£4.84 billion) in frozen Iranian assets.

Morad Tahbaz, a British-American conservationist of Iranian descent, is one of the prisoners.