Americans held in Iran placed on house arrest as part of planned prisoner exchange

>>> AS WE'VE BEEN REPORTING, BREAKING NEWS FROM IRAN. FOUR DETAINED AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM THE NOTORIOUS EVAN PRISON IN TEHRAN. NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THE DETAINEES HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A LOCATION IN THE CAPITAL. THEY WILL BE JOINING OR HAVE JOINED A FIFTH AMERICAN WHO HAD BEEN IN THE PRISON, WHO'S BEEN UNDER HOUSE ARREST. BACK WITH US, DAN DELUCE AND BEN RHODES, FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WHO WORKED ON THE IRAN ACCOUNT INTENSELY. AND "WASHINGTON POST'S" GLOBAL OPINIONS WRITER JASON REZIAN WHO HAS FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE HAVING BEEN IMPRISONED IN EVAN PRISON FOR 544 DAYS. DAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT ELSE WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE IRANIANS WILL BE GETTING IN RETURN, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE NUCLEAR ACCOUNT. EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACCOUNT. SECRETARY BLINKEN AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY'RE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM HAVING ANOTHER -- ENOUGH NUCLEAR FUEL AT ENRICHMENT LEVELS TO MAKE AT LEAST A -- A WEAPON, THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT BUILDING A WEAPONS PROGRAM, OF COURSE. THAT HAS BEEN THEIR DENIAL. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT, QUOTE, LINKED, PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THESE TALKS ARE SAYING THAT THERE COULD BE SOME PROGRESS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE. SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES THAT IS BEING WORKED ON. >> IT'S ALL VERY UNCLEAR. BUT AS THESE PRISONER EXCHANGE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE GONE ON, ON THE SIDELINES ALSO THERE HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION, TENTATIVE, ABOUT HOW TO AVERT A NUCLEAR CRISIS, HOW TO IF NOT REVIVE THAT OLD DEAL, THAT OLD NUCLEAR DEAL THAT DIED TO SOMEHOW AT LEAST FREEZE THE STATUS QUO TO SOME DEGREE, TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ENRICHING URANIUM TO WEAPONS GRADE LEVEL AND PERHAPS TO KIND OF FREEZE THE STATUS QUO. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THERE'S A VERBAL AND FORMAL AGREEMENT, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION THAT IF THE PRISONER EXCHANGE GOES AHEAD, WHICH IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS NOW. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT SOME OF THE

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Length: 2min 36sec (156 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 10 2023