Know where the americans are . Well, i think our viewers can know where the americans are . Well, i think our viewers can see know where the americans are . Ii i think our viewers can see just behind me a gate, an Emergency Gate leading to the tarmac. We are at the Old International airport in doha, a very ordinary place. 0nly Old International airport in doha, a very ordinary place. Only a few flights land here every day. But it will be the scene of an extraordinary political moment. A rare moment of cooperation between iran and the United States. This is where we are expecting possibly in the next few hours for five american prisoners who also hold iranian passports touched down in a Chartered Qatari Aircraft where they will be met on the tarmac by american and qatari officials, before finally going home to iran. We understand now that this morning, all going home to the United States. We understand that this morning, the last pieces were in place. The confirmation that 6 billion of
The first leg of their journey back to the us. Its part of a Prisoner Swap Deal painstakingly mediated by qatar. In return, five iranians in usjails will be released and iran will gain access to 6 billion in oil revenues. 0ur chief interntional correspondent, lyse doucet is in doha where the released american prisoners are expected to [and shortly. Yes, and this news they have left tehran, left reigning essbase confirms these five prisoners, regarded as wrongfully detained by the us are now three left iranians airspace. They are expected to arrive in the next half an hour behind us at a former International Airport in doha. They will be landing just as the sun begins to set and the heat is easing. That moment will mark the end of a deeply painful personal ordeal which has only been secured through a highly complex and deeply controversial deal, agreed between the United States and iran. There is no diplomatic relations between iran and the us, so there were nine rounds of talks between
Five americans who Hold Iranian Passport which the us describe as wrongfully detained, but they are regarded as hostages, used by iran as bargaining chips. The money that has arrived here this morning, 6 billion, they end it through selling oil to south korea. They cant access it directly, only third parties can use it to purchase non sanction goods, including food and medicine. But this disagreement over this money, it underlines the distrust which exists between these old enemies. Despite this rare moment of cooperation and the end of a deeply painful personal ordeal. Theres been such an ordeal, bell b so much anticipation from the families waiting to see their loved ones. Lets speak to richard rackley, father of the woman held in a prison from 2016. Richard, it is nice to see you. Have you been in touch with the family . Weve been in touch with the lawyers. My memory of this moment as a family is you are on tenterhooks and you are so nervous, you have messages coming in. Until it ha
choices, too. hamas could immediately release all of the hostages it holds. it could stop using civilians as human shields and stop using civilian infrastructure to stage hamas attack. hamas could lay down its arms, surrender the leaders responsible for the slaughter, the torture, the rapes of october 7th. hamas could renounce its stated goal of eliminating israel, killing jews, and repeating the atrocities of october 7th again and again and again. meanwhile, everyone around the world who cares about protecting innocent civilians, innocent lives should be calling on hamas, indeed demanding hamas that it immediately stop its murderous acts of terror and deplorable use of innocent, men, women and children as human shields. in our meetings with israeli leaders here and in jerusalem and palestinian leaders in ramallah, we discussed our continued focus from preventing the conflict from spreading whether to the west bank, to israel s northern border, or to the broader region. i rai