the iranian foreign minister even pictured himself with massoud soleimani. professor on the right was arrested a year ago in chicago for allegedly violating trade sanctions. and as he made his way back to tehran, the us posted a photograph of xiyue wang starting his own journey home. the princeton university academic was charged with spying in iran more than three years ago. since then, his family have made several public appeals for him to be allowed to return to his wife and son. he was barely three when my husband left home for his research. and he is now six. he missed him for half of his life already. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, tweeted that he would not rest until every american detained was back home. the prisoner exchange does mark a rare moment of an easing of tensions between the countries. at one stage this year, washington and tehran appeared on the verge of serious conflict, following the attacks on tankers in the gulf of hormuz and the shooting down of an american drone. now they have shown they can negotiate, but on more substantiv

the iranian foreign minister even pictured himself with massoud soleimani.s he made his way back to tehran, the us posted a photograph of the prisoner starting his own way home. the princeton university academic was charged with spying on iran more than three years ago and since then his family have made several public appeals for him to be allowed to return to his wife and son. he was barely three when my husband left home for his research. and he is now six. he missed him for half of his life already. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, tweeted that he would not rest until every american prisoner was back home. the exchange does mark a rare moment of anything of tensions between the countries. at one stage this year washington and tehran appeared on the verge of serious conflict following a tax on tankers in the gulf of hormuz and the shooting down of an american drone. now they have shown they can negotiate, but on more substantive issues, that doesn't mean the two sides are ready to talk. authorities in the us are investigating a shooting incident in

a brief thaw in relations between the us and iran saw massoud soleimani return to tehran.was an emotional homecoming for a university professor who was arrested in chicago a year ago, accused of violating trade sanctions. and just as he was released, an american citizen, xiyue wang, was allowed to begin hisjourney home from an iranian jail. i think it was a great thing for iran, i think it was great to show that we can do something. it might have been a precursor as to what can be done. the prisoner exchange marks a rare moment of cooperation between washington and tehran. only months ago, they appeared to be heading towards conflict and confrontation following attacks on tankers in the gulf. both sides can claim success from these negotiations, even if the iranian foreign minister had angry words for america during a news conference following massoud soleimani's release. xiyue wang's family had been waiting more than three years for him to be freed. the princeton university academic was charged with spying as he carried out research in iran. since then, his family have ma

a brief thaw in relations between the us and iran saw massoud soleimani return to tehran.ed

it involved massoud soleimani, an iranian scientist arrested in the us after allegedly violating tradec, xiyue wang. he'd served three years of a ten—year sentence in iran for spying and served three, a charge he denied. trump thanked iran for what he called "a very fair negotiation" and said it showed the "two countries can make a deal together". more from our washington correspondent chris buckler. both iran and the us have made the most of this brief thaw in their relationship. the iranian foreign minister even pictured himself

he was swapped for an iranian scientist, massoud soleimani. 0ur washington correspondent chris bucklerrief thought in their relationship. the foreign minister, even pictured himself. the professor on the right was arrested a year ago in chicago for allegedly violating trade sanctions. as he made his way back to tehran, the us posted a photograph of him starting his own journey home. the academic was charged with spying and iran more than three years ago. since then, his family have made several public appeals for them to be allowed to return to his wife and sun. he was barely three when my husband left home for his research. and he is now six. he missed him for half of his life already. the secretary of state tweeted that he would not rest until every american detained was back home. the prisoner exchange does mark a rare moment of an easing of tensions between the countries. washington and tehran appeared on the verge of serious conflict, following the attacks on tankers in the shooting down of an american drone. now they have shown they can negotiate, but are more substantial issues,

released the iranian scientist massoud soleimani he was arrested at chicago airport last year for violating u.s. sanctions on iran trump says the exchange could be a sign of future cooperation we're very happy. back to you all very.

massoud soleimani, an iranian scientist, arrested over alleged violation of trade sanctions, was freed

he was swapped for iranian scientist massoud soleimani — pictured here with the iranian foreign minister our washington correspondent, chris buckler. it is hard to overemphasise how to loot off unusual it is for the american so anything with your radiance and particularly this president, with his view ofjust how u ntrustworthy president, with his view ofjust how untrustworthy the iranian regime is? it shows that both countries can talk and negotiate and i suppose that will be seen by some as being somewhat significant. although it is important to point out that this is about two individuals, a prisoner swa p about two individuals, a prisoner swap involving an american who was essentially accused of spying in iran whenever he was there, carrying out some doctoral research for princeton university. and on the other case, i really and who flew into chicago airport and is a stem cell researcher who is essentially accused of trying to bring growth hormones into the country. in both cases, if you talk to other country they will tell you that their citizen had done absolutely nothing wrong. tha

he was swapped for iranian scientist massoud soleimani, pictured here with the iranian foreign ministerexplains what this means for the us—iranian relationship. it shows the countries can talk and negotiate and that will be seen by some as being somewhat significant. although it is important to point out this is about two individuals, a prisoner swap involving an american who was essentially accused of spying on iran whenever he was there, carrying out doctoral research for princeton university, and in the other case, and iranians who flew into chicago airport and is a stem cell researcher who is accused of trying to bring growth hormones into the country. in both cases, if you talk to either country, they will tell you that their citizen has done nothing wrong, that this was in many ways political, but therefore, you can make the argument, the fact they can deal with something, that both sides say is political, it shows there is the hope of talks in the future, and donald trump, despite the fact he has had angry words were iran, he had said he is open to negotiation and he wants to hav

he was swapped for iranian scientist massoud soleimani — pictured here with the iranian foreign ministerhis means for the us—iranian relationship... well, it shows that the two countries can talk and they can negotiate, and i suppose that will be seen as some, sean, as being somewhat significant. although, it is important, i suppose to point out, that this is about two individuals. it is a prisoner swap involving an american, who is essentially accused of spying in iran whenever he was there and carrying out some doctoral research for princeton university. and in the other case, an iranian who flew into chicago airport and is a stem cell researcher, who is essentially accused of trying to bring growth hormones into the country. now, in both cases, if you talk to either country, they will tell you that their citizen has done absolutely nothing wrong and that this was, in many ways, political. but, therefore, you can make the argument the fact that they can deal with something that both sides see as political, does show that there is the hope of talks in the future. and certainly, donald t

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