![]() ![]() US President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C., on September 17. ![]() ![]() "This is a good deal," he said, emphasizing that the transferred Iranian funds will be held in "a much more restricted" account. "I think they're doing great," he said of the Americans' emotional state, adding that they are now in the care of the Department of Defense and undergoing post-isolation support activities.Ĭarstens, who runs point on hostage negotiations, responded to criticism from lawmakers and defended the transfer of $6 billion in frozen funds to Iran. "I was struck by their strength, resilience, hopefulness, and love for their country," Carstens said. The release of the five Americans detained by Iran "was amazing, very emotional," Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens told CNN, adding, "I probably haven't cried this much since I was a little kid."Ĭarstens, who was on the plane that returned the newly freed Americans, said on told CNN This Morning that he was struck watching the families embrace and speak to one another without being surveilled by the Iranian government for the first time in years. Some of the family members had not seen their detained loved ones in as long as eight years, he added. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, right, greets freed Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, who were released in a prisoner swap deal between U.S and Iran, as they arrive at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, U.S., on September 19, 2023. ![]()
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