Americans Held By Iran Are Headed Home

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January 18, 2016

In this photo taken on April 11, 2013, Jason Rezaian, right, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper The National, smile as they attend a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Three of the Americans released by Iran over the weekend are in Germany for medical evaluation. They include Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was held for more than a year.

Their release came as the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief was implemented. Here & Now's Robin Young turns to security analyst Jim Walsh to put it all into perspective.

Guest

Jim Walsh, Here & Now security analyst and a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program. He tweets @DrJimWalshMIT.

This segment aired on January 18, 2016.