A woman holds up a copy of the Koran, Islam's holy book, as she marches by another man holding up a sign denouncing the US and another waving an Iranian national flag during a demonstration against the burning of the Koran in Sweden, after the weekly Muslim Friday prayers at Mosalah mosque in Tehran on July 21 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Citizens Imprisoned in Iran Placed On House Arrest Before Planned Prisoner Swap

According to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, five Americans detained in Iran have been placed under house arrest as the first step in a planned prisoner exchange between Tehran and Washington, D.C., that will include the release of roughly $6 billion in Iranian government assets blocked under U.S. sanctions.

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