Iran releases four Iranian-US dual nationals in prisoner swap

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Iran releases four Iranian-US dual nationals in prisoner swap (http://Iran releases four Iranian-US dual nationals in prisoner swap)Reuters (http://ewn.co.za/Contributors/Reuters) | about 2 hours ago

DUBAI - Iran has released four prisoners with dual Iranian-US nationality, the Tehran public prosecutor was quoted as saying on Saturday, without giving further details.
They include Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian.

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Set-Up: Obama Coordinated Iran Hostage Release for SOTU; Riverine Capture Scuttles? (http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/01/set-up-obama-coordinated-iran-hostage-release-for-sotu-riverine-capture-scuttles-3279774.html)


(Before It's News) (http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/01/set-up-obama-coordinated-iran-hostage-release-for-sotu-riverine-capture-scuttles-3279774.html)

In Set-up? Navy Boat Capture with Woman Sailor (Iran); Final Decision Now About Women in Combat Roles (http://beforeitsnews.com/r2/?url=http://Set-up?%20Navy%20Boat%20Capture%20with%20Woman%20Sailo r%20%28Iran%29;%20Final%20Decision%20Now%20About%2 0Women%20in%20Combat%20Roles) I suggested that this incident may have been staged to coincide with decision the military is being forced to make in January 2016 regarding roles of women in the military.


Now, suddenly, after the Riverine Boat crew is released, four hostages,including a Washington Post reporter, a Christian pastor and a former U.S. Marine are released by Iran. This is very interesting. Why today? Did the Riverine Boat incident delay it? Was it supposed to happen in such a manner that Obama could announce this to the world on the eve of his last State of the Union Message? Who may have set things up such that the Roverine Boat Incident may have delayed it?


Speculation, but worth investigating.

EDIT: Another possibility is that Obama negotiated the release in time to coincide with the SOTU, but Iran did not want to hand him the victory, so somehow lured the boats, or spoofed GPS (as they claim to have hacked a drone) to create this incident as an excuse for delaying the release. Doubtful due to difficulty, and possibly redundant tracking of the US boat.