An armed group backed by Iran in Iraq announced that it will release an American journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad last week. This move is framed as a gesture of goodwill toward Iraq’s outgoing prime minister, marking the group's first acknowledgment of the abduction.

An Iran-backed Iraqi armed group says it will release an American journalist abducted in Baghdad last week, calling the move a gesture of goodwill toward Iraq’s outgoing prime minister. The announcement marks the group's first admission of responsibility for the kidnapping.