Obama welcomes Iran release, urges freeing of other hikers

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Obama welcomes Iran release, urges freeing of other hikers

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Obama welcomes Iran release, urges freeing of other hikers

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Tuesday welcomed Iran's release of US citizen Sarah Shourd, but urged Tehran to also free two compatriots who were held with her and "other missing or detained Americans." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Iranian authorities to resolve the cases of Shourd's companions "without delay" while her spokesman said the US government did not pay the bail and Iranian court demanded for her release. US authorities had made repeated demands on Tehran to free Shourd and two other American hikers ...

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Sept 14, 2010

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Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released as early as Monday once $500,000 is submitted to the Iranian judiciary. "Everything is in place for the release," said lawyer Massoud Shafii, who got to see the hikers for the first time on Sunday ...

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US will not pay bail for jailed hiker: State Department

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government will not pay prison bail for American hiker Sarah Shourd, who Iran says it will release on health grounds in exchange for 500,000 dollars, the State Department said Monday. "The United States government does not fund prisoner bail," State Department spokesman ...

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US refuses to bail out jailed hiker

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US refuses to bail out jailed hiker

The US government has said it will not pay prison bail for Sarah Shourd, a detained American who Iran says it will release on health grounds in exchange for $500,000, the US state department says. "The United States government does not fund prisoner bail," Phillip Crowley, a spokesman for the ...

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US Will Not Pay Bail for Detained American in Iran

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US: Government will not contribute to detained American's bail money

Half a million dollars bail stands between American Sarah Shourd and freedom from the Iranian prison where she has been held since July 2009. But the U.S. will play no role in paying it, a State Department spokesman said Monday. "That has been offered by a prosecutor as being one manner to ...

Sept 14, 2010

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Iran state TV says US woman freed from prison

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Iran state TV says US woman freed from prison

TEHRAN, 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 Press TV Tuesday. Iran's judiciary granted $500,000 bail ...

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American hiker held in Iran freed: lawyer

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American hiker held in Iran freed: lawyer

TEHRAN (Reuters) – One of three Americans held for more than a year in Iran suspected of spying has been freed, her lawyer said on Tuesday. "I am inside Evin prison, doing her paperwork. She has been released and is heading toward the Swiss Embassy," Sarah Shourd's lawyer, Masoud Shafie, told ...

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Iran releases detained hiker

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Iran releases detained hiker

An American woman accused of espionage and detained in Iran for more than a year has been released from prison, NBC news reported on Tuesday. NBC said a cameraman had seen Sarah Shourd leave the prison in Tehran. (Reporting by

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Iran frees American hiker on bail

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Iran frees American hiker on bail

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Iran frees American Sarah Shourd from prison

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Iran frees American woman hiker on bail

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Families welcome US hiker's release, want others freed

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Families welcome US hiker's release, want others freed

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Families and friends of three US hikers held at a Tehran jail for over a year welcomed Tuesday's release of Sarah Shourd but urged Iran to release her two companions. "We are profoundly grateful for the release of Sarah Shourd!," families and friends of the hikers said on ...

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US official: Detained US hiker departs from Iran

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WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says freed American Sarah Shourd's (shurd's) flight has taken off from Iran following her release from prison. The official says that barring last-minute changes, the flight from Tehran is expected to land in Oman, where Shourd's mother is waiting for her. The ...

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US official: Detained US hiker departs from Iran

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Freed American hiker has left Iran for Oman

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Freed American hiker has left Iran for Oman

Freed American hiker Sarah Shourd has left for Oman after she was released by Iran, Livia Leu Agosti, Swiss ambassador to Tehran says. "I can now confirm that she is totally free and has left for Oman," said Leu Agosti. The Swiss embassy has been intensely working to secure Shourd's release, ...

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U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Iran's release of American hiker Sarah Shourd and said he remained hopeful that Tehran would demonstrate "renewed compassion" by freeing two other Americans.

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American hiker freed by Iran, as two other still held

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Freed American female hiker arrives in Muscat from Iran

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By NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writers Nasser Karimi And Brian Murphy, Associated Press Writers/ TEHRAN, Iran – In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, after an ...

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US challenges Iranian leader to bring home hikers

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US challenges Iranian leader to bring home hikers

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Time for Iran to release remaining hikers

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