U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians. http://web.archive.org/web/20230812130755/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-swap.html