Abedini recalled being brought to an airport to leave the country, but not being able to depart because their captors were waiting on another mysterious plane to take off.

Saeed Abedini, one of the four American released in a prisoner exchange with Iran in January, believes a ransom was paid for his freedom

Saeed Abedini, one of the four American released in a prisoner exchange with Iran in January, believes a ransom was paid for his freedom

‘I just remember the night that we’d been in a[n] airport, just take hours and hours there. And I asked one of the…police that was with us, that, why are you not letting us to go to the…plane? And he told me we are waiting for another plane, and if that plane take off, then we’re going to let you go,’ Abedini remembered.

When host Trish Regan asked him if the Iranians were ‘effectively waiting for the money to come in’ before letting him go, Abedini said ‘Yeah’.
Source: Dailymail