The controversial deal will see the US send $US6 billion, frozen in financial sanctions, to its growing political foe Iran.
Five US citizens jailed in Iran are reportedly boarding a plane home in a rare prisoner swap between the two opposing nations, dependant on $US6 billion in frozen assets.$US6 billion will also be given to Iran as part of the exchange deal, following sanctions
A confidential source spoke to the AP saying both Iranian and US officials had been notified by Qatar that the money had been transferred to the Gulf Arab nation, which serves as a go-between for the US and Iran.Members of the media wait for the plane carrying the US detainees. "On the subject of the prisoner swap, it will happen today and five prisoners, citizens of the Islamic Republic, will be released from the prisons in the US," he said.He said two of the Iranian prisoners will stay in the US.