Four US prisoners in Iran moved to house arrest: Family

Illustrative: A prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
Illustrative: A prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)

Four American prisoners in Iran were released today into house arrest, their family said, raising hopes of a deal to allow them to leave the country.

Prisoners Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Morad Tahbaz and an unidentified fourth American were moved from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison to an undisclosed house, a lawyer for the Namazi family said, with a separate source saying a fifth American was moved in recent weeks to house arrest.

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