The White House announced that Xiyue Wang, a Chinese-American graduate student from Princeton University, was released by Iran in exchange for an Iranian scientist convicted of violating trade sanctions against Tehran.
Wang was arrested in 2016 on trumped-up espionage charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2017. The U.S. denied that Wang was working for any intelligence agency.
"After more than three years of being held prisoner in Iran, Xiyue Wang is returning to the United States," President Trump said in a statement issued by the White House.
"We thank our Swiss partners for their assistance in negotiating Mr. Wang’s release with Iran," he said. "The highest priority of the United States is the safety and well-being of its citizens. Freeing Americans held captive is of vital importance to my Administration, and we will continue to work hard to bring home all our citizens wrongfully held captive overseas."
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