on the Iranian government to immediately release Mr. Rezaian and the other three individuals." United States Senate On May 11, 2015, the United States Senate called for the release of Rezaian in a 90-0 vote. There were ten senators who did not vote. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) States that it is U.S. policy that: (1) the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should immediately release Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati, and Jason Rezaian, and cooperate with the U.S. government to locate and return Robert Levinson; and (2) the U.S. government should undertake every effort using every diplomatic tool at its disposal to secure their release. Release On January 16, 2016, it was announced that Rezaian had been released from Iran along with three other United States prisoners in exchange of the release of seven Iranian prisoners and the drop of charges against fourteen other Iranians. On the same day of his release, America released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian accounts. See also 2013–2015 detention of Al Jazeera journalists by Egypt Committee to Protect Journalists List of foreign nationals detained in Iran Maziar Bahari References External links 1976 births Living people People from Marin County, California American people of Iranian descent American people imprisoned in Iran Formerly missing people Iranian prisoners and detainees People convicted of espionage in Iran Journalists from California Inmates of Evin Prison The Washington Post journalists