"Prisoner Swap: Biden Secures Release of Americans Held in Iran"

Five Americans imprisoned in Iran, along with two family members, have been released in a prisoner exchange negotiated by the Biden administration. The exchange comes ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, where President Biden and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will both speak. As part of the deal, $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil revenues was released by the US, and five Iranians charged or convicted of non-violent crimes were freed by the United States. The prisoner exchange has drawn criticism from Republican presidential candidates, who argue it amounts to paying a ransom to a state sponsor of terrorism.