By — Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett By — Stephanie Kotuby Stephanie Kotuby By — Morgan Till Morgan Till Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/breaking-down-the-u-s-deal-with-iran-that-freed-five-americans-from-captivity Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Five Americans imprisoned by the Iranian regime for years were released Monday in a complex deal between the U.S. and Iran. Some lawmakers have been critical of the Biden administration for making the deal, but U.S. officials have defended the agreement. Geoff Bennett speaks to Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer for the White House perspective. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Sep 18, 2023 By — Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett serves as co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS News Hour. He also serves as an NBC News and MSNBC political contributor. @GeoffRBennett By — Stephanie Kotuby Stephanie Kotuby Stephanie Kotuby is the Senior Editorial Producer of PBS NewsHour and the Executive Producer of Washington Week with the Atlantic. By — Morgan Till Morgan Till Morgan Till is the Senior Producer for Foreign Affairs and Defense (Foreign Editor) at the PBS NewsHour, a position he has held since late 2015. He was for many years the lead foreign affairs producer for the program, traveling frequently to report on war, revolution, natural disasters and overseas politics. During his seven years in that position he reported from – among other places - Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Haiti, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and widely throughout Europe.