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Pretense of espionage since august 2016. we thank our swiss partners for their you a existence in negotiating the -- negligence -- for their assistance in freeing him. we will continue to work hard to bring home all of our citizens wrongfully held captive overseas. >> definitely glad to have mr. wang back on his way to the country. we did an interview with his wife in princ princeton. she said she believed the only thing he was guilty of was being an american. this was a hostage situation. the background on this shows that as a grad student in princeton mr. wang was direct with the iranian gov...

>> the president jumping on a big story, he was right in the middle of it, lead negotiators as well, brian hook who helped security the release of a grad student, american grad student at prince university who had been hostage in iran for several years now, about 3 years, you see him there, mr. wang, he, again a grad student at princeton, he was being held on espionage charges in iran, senior u.s. official told me moments ago got without sanction's relief and no pallets like cash as we saw in the obama administration. >> president trump put out a statement about this and this is what he says, ...

An american team including envoy brian hook on the left there left for zurich to meet with iranian officials for the prisoner swap. they secured wang and then flew him to germany for an evaluation. wang's a graduate student at princeton university. he was in iran studying persian history when in august 2016 he was arrested. iranian authorities charged him with espionage and sentenced him to a decade in prison. his wife says in a statement, quote: our family is complete again. our son and i have waited three long years for this day, and it's hard to express in words how excited we are to be reu...

More. rich, you've been tracking this all morning long what's the latest? >> reporter: senior u.s. officials say they hope wage will be back here -- wang will be back here in the united states. he's in germany undergoing a med cam evaluation. president trump tweeted: the united states will not rest until we bring every american wrongfully detained in iran and around the world back home to their loved ones. u.s. officials said last night an american team including state department of iran envoy brian hook -- he's on the left there -- they left for zurich to meet with iranian officials for a pri...

Every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. this morning an american student detained in iran is now free following a u.s. and iran prisoner swap. it took place in switzerland just in the last hour. the president has released a statement about the freeing of an american held prisoner in iran for more than three years. president says he is now returning to the united states. a princeton university graduate student, mr. wang had been held under the pretense of espionage since august 2016.