thanking the lebanese president michel aoun the foreign ministers of rhonda seal really praising them for their efforts to secure their release and in fact that these officials have been trying to secure his release for some time now the president appointing the head of general security about that brahimi as his representative about him visited iran in august 2018 and he met this are in prison at the time and. clearly this is why i say he is a he was thanking the lebanese leaders and we also heard ms arias like us say that there is no deal involved in this is something iranian judicial official said it is something about that brahimi said that there is no political deal behind this there is no prisoner exchange but many analysts believe there was something behind the scenes because of the timing the timing of his release coinciding with the escalating tensions between the iranians and the americans and some see this as sort of a veiled message to the trumpet ministration that we could reach some sort of a deal particularly or it may be some sort of prisoner exchange. and now a free ma

arias that karl will immediately head to the presidential palace he will be met by the president michel aoun and what we understand his brother and his sisters are also inside the palace we are also hearing word that he may issue a brief statement so we're waiting for news or is that going to arrive in beirut the timing of his release really raising a lot of questions because efforts to secure his freedom are not new they've been going on for months now and about the head of the general security the man who has been mediating he was last in the head on in august 2018 he actually met in in prison and so people are saying why now why has he been released now and many are linking this really to the rising tensions between the united states and iran and that this is some sort of a veiled message to the trumpet ministration from the iranian authorities that look we can make a deal this is a positive gesture we're hearing word from the state department that they're actually welcoming that release them saying and hoping that this is the 1st sign for other u.s. detainees to be released or for the mo

expected to head directly here to the presidential palace where he will be received by the president michel aoun one of the lebanese officials who has been appealing really for the release of for some time now efforts to secure his release have been going on for some time now about. the head of the general securities accompanying him visit the tech run back in the in august of 2018 he met his are in prison and this is why this is raising a lot of questions because you know both countries are talking about a goodwill gesture the iranian judiciary is saying that legal procedures are being followed and that there is no political deal involved there is no prisoner exchange and deal involved something lebanese officials have reiterated as well about him himself saying that this is not part of a deal but the very fact that he has been released now unlike door some mentioned earlier amid rising tensions between the united states and iran is being really seen as some sort of a veiled message from iran to the trumpet ministration maybe trying to say that we're ready to make a deal so this is how some are