The two Iranian nationals Reza Sarhangpour and Mehrdad Moein Ansari were released in a prisoner swap with the United States, the IRNA reported on Tuesday.
They first arrived in Qatar earlier on Monday from the US, and landed in Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport late in the day.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Kanaani said at a press conference on Monday that, of the five Iranians, two were returning to Iran, two had asked to remain in the US and the fifth will go to an undisclosed country to join his family.
Five American citizens were freed on Monday as part of a deal between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
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