Iran Hiker

• Iran frees two US hikers

  Two Americans jailed in Iran as spies left Tehran on Wednesday, closing a high-profile drama with arch foe Washington that brought more than two years of hope then heartbreak for the families as the Islamic Republic's hard-line rulers rejected international calls for their release.

• Iran: Lawyer for two Americans will appeal sentences

  The lawyer for two American men arrested more than two years ago in Iran and convicted on charges that include espionage said Sunday he will appeal the verdict and his clients' eight-year prison sentences.

• Guard led 3 Americans across Iran border, says released hiker

  The three American hikers accused of espionage by Iran stepped off an unmarked dirt road -- inadvertently crossing from Iraq into the Islamic republic -- only because a border guard of unknown nationality gestured for them to approach, the lone hiker to be released said Sunday.Sarah E. Shourd, a teacher freed in September after nearly 14 months in ...

• Released American hiker asks Iran to free others

  Sarah Shourd, a teacher released last week after 410 days in an Iranian prison, said on Sunday after her arrival back in the United States that she felt only "one-third free" because the two other American hikers arrested with her remain incarcerated in Tehran.Shourd, her cropped, dark brown hair no longer shrouded underneath the purple head scarf ...

• American freed from Iran begins trip back to US

  An American woman released from Iran after more than 13 months in custody began her journey back to the United States on Saturday after asking her supporters to "extend your prayers" to her fiance and another American man who remain in Tehran accused of spying.In a brief statement, Sarah Shourd thanked Oman -- an ally of both Iran and the United St...

• Iran finally frees American hiker Sarah Shourd on $500,000 bail

  In a big breakthrough, American hiker Sarah Shourd has been released by Iran after a $500,000 bail was paid to win her freedom. She was in prison for more than a year. After being released, Sarah flew out of the country to the nearby Gulf nation of Oman to be reunited with her mother.However, the case that has deepened strains between the US and Ir...

• Iran wants $500,000 to release US hiker

  A senior Iranian prosecutor said on Sunday that authorities will release a jailed American woman on $500,000 bail because of health problems, another sudden about-face by Iran in a case that has added to tension with the United States.The news came during a weekend of start-and-stop announcements about the release of Sarah Shourd, who was detained ...

• Iran cancels planned release of female US hiker

  Iran has cancelled the planned release today of female US hiker Sarah Shourd due to unresolved legal issues, Tehran's public prosecutor was quoted as saying by ILNA news agency."Because the judicial process has not been fulfilled in the mentioned American defendant's case, (her) release has been ruled out," said the prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatab...

• Iran to free female US hiker as act of 'Islamic compassion'

  Iran will soon free a female US hiker detained in the Islamic republic for more than a year for alleged spying, officials said, with some indicating that she would be released tomorrow.     Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told English-language Press TV today that Sarah Shourd, one of the three US hikers currently h...