[ One of Three Americans Jailed in Iran Released on Bail ]
Shourd was released on a $500,000 bail because of her medical condition, Iranian media reports. After her release she flew from Iran’s capital, Tehran, to Oman.
State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley said at a press conference that “the United States did not pay anything for her release.”
“All Americans join with her courageous mother and family in celebrating her long-awaited return home,” President Barack Obama said in a statement on Tuesday.
The two other Americans remain in jail. Observers say the release indicates an ongoing power struggle between the Iranian president and the other hardliners within the government.
Shourd’s planned release faced criticism from some hardline members of Parliament who accused the government of “meddling in the judiciary’s affairs,” according to a report in the Tehran-e Emrouz daily on Sunday.
