Iranian professor Masoud Soleimani has been released after being taken hostage and imprisoned illegally in the US, and was handed over to Iranian officials during Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s trip to Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Masoud Soleimani, who had been detained on the bogus charge of violating the US’ illegal sanctions and were imprisoned in the US for over a year, has been released and is going to return to Iran over the next couple of hours.The Iranian professor was released in light of efforts by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and cooperation from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security and judicial organizations in a diplomatic process in cooperation with the government of Switzerland.In this process, American citizen Xiyue Wang, who was serving a sentence in Iran for espionage, has also been released after being shown Islamic mercy and has been handed over to the Swiss officials for repatriation to the US, after approval by Iran's Supreme National Security Council and cooperation and permission from the Iranian judicial and security institutions.