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Just a few minutes ago, I had the great pleasure of speaking to seven Americans who are now

free.

Free from their imprisonment or detention in Iran, out of Iran, out of prison, and now

in Doha, on route back to the United States to be reunited with their loved ones.

Five U.S. citizens jailed in Iran have arrived back in the United States after Washington

and Iran agreed to a prisoner swap that involved the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian assets.

We'll get the latest and talk about the protest movement in Iran a year after the death

of Masa Amini.

Then we look at how the U.S. helped Pakistan get an IMF bailout with a secret arms deal

for Ukraine.

Based on secret documents from both the American and Pakistani side, we can report that the

U.S. pressure the Pakistanis to begin producing weapons for the Ukraine war effort and the

Pakistanis asked the United States to help them get an IMF loan.

That emergency IMF loan was greased in part by the funds from the weapons sales.

We'll speak to the intercepts Ryan Graham about Pakistan as well as the shutdown showdown

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