President Donald Trump seems to have a great talent for getting Americans who have been held by hostile powers overseas home.
We've seen many examples of it over his time in office.
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But pulling it off with Iran, in the midst of the current military conflict, may just be the most amazing rescue yet.
Trump announced it on his Truth Social.
President Trump says Iran has released an American woman detained since 2024. Her identity is not immediately clear. pic.twitter.com/qCJ2FIP4Qk
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) July 15, 2026
"Iran has allowed an American Citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December of 2024 under the “presidency” of Sleepy Joe Biden, to leave the Country. She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition."
Trump also said he appreciated the "gesture of goodwill." Sounds like Iran may be trying to scramble to figure out ways to stop more bombs from being dropped on them, but this alone isn't going to stop that action.
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The woman Trump spoke of has now been identified as an Iranian-American citizen, Dena Karari.
Her attorney, Jared Genser, confirmed her release, saying she had been detained over her work with an American nonprofit helping impoverished children.
Genser released a statement shortly after Trump’s announcement, saying she had been "trapped in Iran on bogus charges of collaboration with a hostile state and espionage," but is now on her way back to the United States.
According to Genser, Karari was targeted after Iranian authorities linked her to the Children of Mehr Foundation, a U.S.-registered nonprofit that provides books, literacy programs and other humanitarian assistance to impoverished children in rural Iran. [....]
Genser clarified that Karari was never formally imprisoned but was effectively held in Iran through a "coercive exit ban." She was reportedly interrogated dozens of times by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and "suffered enormous physical and psychological hardship."
Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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