WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michael White, an American detained in Iran since 2018, has been freed and is on his way back home, his family said in a statement on Thursday.
White, a U.S. navy veteran, had been released from an Iranian prison in mid-March, but was held in Iran under Swiss custody on medical furlough.
Both countries have called for the release of prisoners because of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East, while the United States has reported the highest number of deaths and infections worldwide from the virus.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
