In addition, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian. who was sentenced to prison in Iran after being convicted of espionage and other charges, has been released according to the Post.
While Rezian and Abedini are the only confirmed prisoners who’ve been released, this tweet from Iranian Journalist Mortazavi includes other names of people who are believed to have been released as well:
Iran releases US Prisoners:
1 Jason Rezaian, journalist
2 Amir Hekmati, US Marine
3 Saeed Abedini, pastor
4 Siamak Namazi, businessman
This is the information that has been released so far. Anytime an American is freed from being held captive it is something to be celebrated. I just hope to learn EXACTLY what the trade-off was. As the story develops, maybe we will.