also with us, aaron david miller. welcome to y both. maybe i could start with you, aaron miller.do you know about the negotiation and how this financial arrangement was organized? who was it who was the broker? >> deliberations are like an iceberg. one quarter above the waterline, three quarters below. but negotiations have been emerging for at least a year and a half. the negotiation of five americans in exchange for five iranian nationals in exchange for roughly $67 million, not in frozen assets, but iranian assets in south korean banks, would be deposited under the u.s. treasury of supervision to qatari thbank, assuming they make legitimate claims for services that are humanitarian in nature. i think it is frankly part of a broader set of indirect discussions and negotiations that the united states has been having with iranian officials in an effort to "de-escalate" a clearly fraught situation between the united states and ir's nuclear program. it is a peace, frankly. -- it is a piece, frankly. there have been deals in iran. frankly, if you wanted to free five unjustly impriso

maybe i could start with you, aaron miller.ns, it _ it that was the broker? the negotiations, it is - it that was the broker? tte: negotiations, it is like an iceberg, a quarter is above the water and three quarters below. it has been emerging for at least a year and a half. the return of five americans for a change of five iranian nationals in prison and exchange for roughly $67 million. it would be south korean banks to be deposited and dispensed defenders so can make legitimate claims for goods and services that are considered humanitarian in nature. i think it is also, frankly part of a broader set of indirect discussions and negotiations that the united states has been having, i think. it is an effort to de—escalate a clearly fraught situation between the united states and iran over iran's nuclear programme. it is apiece,, frankly. there are no good deals with iran, only varying degrees of bad ones. i think this administration did the right thing, bringing them home. but we should not be under any illusions here. we we sho