Five Americans who the U.S. says have been unjustly imprisoned in Iran for years may soon be freed under terms of a Biden administration deal worked out through Swiss intermediaries that would release several jailed Iranians and unfreeze Iranian oil revenues held by South Korea. The five, of which only three have been identified, are now under house arrest in a hotel in Tehran, but U.S. officials say the deal is not yet finalized. “My belief is that this is the beginning of the end of their nightmare,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “It’s a positive step that they were released from prison and sent to home detention. But this is just the beginning of a process.” The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Saturday criticizing the deal between the United States and Iran made earlier this week. Iran agreed to release five imprisoned US nationals, while the US will unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds held in South Korea. Netanyahu’s office said the agreement “does not end Iran’s nuclear program and will only help to fund Iranian terror proxies.” It insisted that it could only support a deal that results in the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program. BlackMask Pod Cast: