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American woman freed by Iran after bail deal (AP)

September 14th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 ** Sarah Shourd, 32, of the U.S., right, embraces her mother Nora Shourd, left, on Sarah Shourd's arrival at the royal airport in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, after leaving Tehran, Iran. The American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison said she was grateful to Iran's president for her freedom shortly before she boarded a flight to the Gulf sultanate of Oman where her mother greeted her with a warm embrace. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)AP - 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 apparent diplomatic deal to cover a $500,000 bail and secure a release that seemed in jeopardy from the start.


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