Iran Releases 4 Captives

Four American citizens, including a Washington Post reporter, who have been imprisoned in Iran are set to board a Swiss aircraft Saturday from Tehran to an undetermined location, where they will be freed as part of a prisoner release deal between the U.S. and Iran. The agreement is the result of long-running, high-stakes secret negotiations between the two traditional adversaries.

"Our citizens have not yet been flown out of Iran, so we don’t want to do anything that could complicate it," a senior administration official said Saturday. "But we are...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday hailed the release of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor held in Iran, who was freed along with three others as part of a prisoner exchange.

"Praise God! Surely bad parts of Obama's latest deal, but prayers of thanksgiving that Pastor Saeed is coming home," Cruz tweeted Saturda