US national Sarah Shourd will travel to Oman to meet her mother; her lawyer says she is in good mental, physical condition.
By ASSOCIATED PRESSShane Bauer and Sarah Shourd 311(photo credit: Associated Press)
TEHERAN, Iran — Iran's English language state television reported Tuesday that American Sarah Shourd has been released after more than a year in prison."Iran has released US national Sarah Shourd," flashed the red colored urgent banner on PressTV Tuesday.RELATED:Iran bail decision on American stirs backlashIran ready to release American woman due to ill health The news agency said that Shourd will travel to Oman where her mother is already waiting for her.IRNA quoted Shourd's lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, who said that his client is in good mental and physical condition and will travel to Oman the first chance she gets.Iran's judiciary granted $500,000 bail for Shourd on Sunday for health reasons, though family had said they could not afford it and US said it would not pay it.Shourd's mother said her daughter has been denied treatment for serious health problems, including a breast lump and precancerous cervical cells.Shourd was detained along the Iraqi border on July 31, 2009 along with two American friends, both men. Iran indicted all three on spy-related charges on Sunday which could mean trials for the two men and proceedings in absentia for Shourd.The detainees' families said they were hiking in Iraq's scenic north when they were detained, and that if they had crossed the border into Iran, they did so unwittingly.Moves to release Shourd have been accompanied by political jockeying in Iran as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's conservative rivals criticized his attempts to release Shourd on humanitarian grounds after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Ahmadinejad, who first tried to shepherd the release of Shourd last week, was rebuked by the courts, which insisted that any release had to be on their terms, including a sizeable bail.
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