Families of Americans held by Tehran fear for loved ones' safety, believe prospects for release dimmed following US strike on Qassem Soleimani

Iranian prosecutors oppose bail for academics Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal, whose imprisonment Macron has called 'intolerable'

Tehran dismisses idea that weekend exchange resulted from negotiations between the countries; says talks can only start within framework of nuclear deal after US lifts sanctions

FM Zarif announces Xiyue Wang and Massoud Soleimani 'will be joining their families shortly'; Trump confirms Wang freed as both Washington, Tehran thank Swiss

Hua Qu calls on government to devote more attention to freeing her husband, Xiyue Wang, says he's a victim of 'an apparently ever-intensifying quarrel between world powers'