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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Hostage diplomacy with Iran is back as the Biden administration

negotiates a return of five Americans held in Iran and return reportedly for

unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian assets in a South Korean account.

We'll talk about the looming hostages for money swap and whether it's first

step toward a larger agreement over Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Welcome.

I'm pose you go with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages.

And here with my colleagues Kim Strassel and Elliott Kaufman.

Kim, you know, is the columnist extraordinaire and editorial writer of the Wall Street Journal

and Elliott Kaufman is our letters editor, but he follows events in the Middle East closely

and writes editorials on the news from that part of the world from time to time.

Welcome to you both.

So late last week, we learned that Iran had moved Americans out of even prison,

usually called the notorious even prison and press accounts to house arrest.

The White House welcomed the move and explained that negotiations are continuing with Iran

and would have no more comment, but leaks from the administration say the money will come

from that South Korean account and not leaks, but explanations by John Kirby,

the White House security spokesman says they will not be a violation of sanctions.

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