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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/politics/iran-prisoner-swap-xiyue-wang.html
In Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Held since 2016
(New York Times) Michael Crowley - Iran on Saturday freed American graduate student Xiyue Wang, who had been imprisoned in Tehran for more than three years on suspicion of being a spy. In exchange, the U.S. freed Masoud Soleimani, an Iranian scientist who was arrested in Chicago last year and convicted of violating American trade sanctions against Iran.