went to prison a result of activities related to the nuclear industry in iran. once these sanctions have been lifted, why keep those folks in american prisons, so they must be freed. if the americans take the appropriate steps and set them free, certainly the right environment will be open and the right circumstances will be created for us to do everything within our power and our purview to bring about the swiftest freedom for the americans held in iran as well. that s it. if one side gets released, the other side gets released. you don t see any way of trying to get, for instance, a journalist released any sooner? translator: of course this is my personal opinion. my personal opinion is that any time, anywhere where we can help someone who is imprisoned, anything that must be done for
watson, our correspondent, and michael wassell a and this is very interesting about the prisoner swap, because there is no need to have the americans in place, because if we have this deal in place, then we should let them go. yes, the deal is to have a nuclear deal, and the lifting of the sanction, and then a pan plea of panopoly of ideas and iran s foreign minister said that he is a spy for the americans, and so they are trying to do a trade, and what we say is that, you know, sort of the violation of the human rights in iran, they are categorizing as no, the swapping
right circumstances will be created for us to do everything within our power and our purview to bring about the swiftest freedom for the americans held in iran as well. so you see, anderson, he s setting up sort of a prisoner swap, a prisoner exchange. we ll see how that goes. obviously the families of those american, including jason s family, are desperate to get their loved ones back. no doubt about that. christiane, appreciate that. thanks very much. more of that interview throughout the day. up next, we ll talk to the brother of an american held in an iranian prison and get his reaction to the message from iran s president. just like eddie, the first step to reaching your retirement goals is to visualize them. then, let the principal help you get there. join us as we celebrate eddie s retirement, and start planning your own.