Yet been released. The question is when will they come home, and what are we giving iran in return. Joining me now, National Security counsel coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby. Admiral, thank you very much for being with us. I know that we believe, the United States believes those imprisonments and trials and charges were not true. And were happy to have these individuals back. When will they be on a plane back and out of iran . I dont really know right now. Were still working out the details and parameters here about eventually securing their freedom, and when that will be, what that will look like. But we dont really know right now. Were just really happy that theyre out of evan prison because the conditions there were just intolerable. Theyre in house arrest, but still in iran. Theyre not home yet, and we still have a lot of work to do to get them there. Have we been in touch with them directly . Do we know what condition theyre . We have been in touch with them t
Ories are real. why not give it a try? good to be with you, i m katy tur. we have breaking news out of iran. the white house has announced the beginnings of a prisoner swap with that country. the negotiation has been in the works since at least february. and now today iran has moved five americans out of its infamous evan prison and into house arrest. they are simiak, detained in 2015, and convicted of espionage, amad, detained in 2015, and again in 2020, and convicted of espionage without a trial. morad tabaz, detained in january 2015, and also convicted of espionage in 2019, and two others whose identities have not