Which individuals will regain their freedom during the prisoner exchange in Iran?

Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran are returning home as part of a prisoner swap. The deal, brokered by Qatar, came about when $6 billion of Iranian funds held in South Korea were released and reached banks in Doha after being frozen due to US sanctions. In exchange, five Iranians imprisoned in the US have also been released. One of the Americans, Tahbaz, is a 67-year-old businessman who was arrested in 2018 along with eight other Iranian conservationists during a government crackdown on environmentalists. They were accused of using their environmental projects as a cover to collect classified information, but Tahbaz and his colleagues denied the charges. Amnesty International has stated that there is evidence of them being tortured to extract forced confessions. Tahbaz was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019 and was held in Iran's notorious Evin prison. Namazi, another American in the swap, was arrested in 2015 by the Revolutionary Guards, while his 86-year-old father, Baquer, was arrested in 2016 after receiving permission to visit his son in prison. Both were sentenced to 10 years in prison for cooperating with a foreign enemy state. Their lawyer has complained about denial of legal representation, solitary confinement, and health problems. Namazi went on a hunger strike in 2023 to protest against the US government's failure to secure his release, despite President Joe Biden promising to prioritize bringing back dual nationals. Shargi, an Iranian-American businessman, moved to Iran from the US in 2017. He was initially detained in 2018 and released on bail in December, with officials informing him that he had been cleared of spying charges. However, in 2020, he was summoned by a Revolutionary Court and informed that he had been convicted of espionage in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His daughters have spoken out about his terrible prison conditions. Shargi was also released to house arrest in 2023 in anticipation of the prisoner exchange. The other two Americans released in the swap have not been identified. In addition to the Americans, five Iranians imprisoned in the US for violating sanctions are being freed, but not all of them are expected to return to Iran. These individuals include Ansari, who was sentenced to 63 months in prison in 2021 for violating sanctions on Iran. Kashani, on the other hand, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to illegally export US goods and technology to Iran. Kafrani was charged in 2021 for unlawfully exporting laboratory equipment from the US to Iran. Hassanzadeh was charged in 2019 for stealing sensitive technical data and sending it to his brother in Iran. Afrasiabi, an author, was arrested for acting as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government and spreading propaganda. The prisoner swap highlights the complex and contentious issues surrounding international diplomacy and the treatment of prisoners in both the US and Iran.