Iran Frees European and Danish Captives in Multinational Prisoner Swap
Iran has released two Austrian citizens and a Danish national who were held in the country as part of a prisoner swap. The release was not immediately acknowledged by Iranian state media or officials. Iran has detained a number of foreigners and dual nationals over the years, accusing them of espionage or other state security offenses and sentencing them following secretive trials in which rights groups say they're denied due process. At least three U.S. nationals and one permanent U.S. resident are among those "wrongfully detained" in Iran on charges dismissed by both their families and American officials as baseless.