Jubilant US hikers arrive in Oman | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Two US hikers, jailed for more than two years for spying in Iran, ran into the arms of their loved ones Wednesday after being released on bail and flown to Oman.

American hiker Shane Bauer (R) is greeted in Muscat, Oman, after Tehran released him and Josh Fattal on bail, months after handing them hefty jail terms. The pair was released from Tehran's notorious Evin prison, after more than two years in jail for spying and illegal entry into Iran, after the Gulf sultanate of Oman paid their bail.

Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, both 29, sprinted down the steps of the Omani Royal Air Force plane that brought them to a private Muscat airport, smiling and shouting happily as they hugged their parents and Bauer's fiance, Sarah Shourd, who had been imprisoned with them until last year.