they were later charged with espionage after the tehran prosecutor abbas jafari dolatabadi found " compelling evidence " that the three us citizens had been cooperating with us intelligence agencies .
shourd , who was freed last year and is engaged to bauer , was on hand in oman to greet the two as they ran down the stairs from the private plane that picked them up in iran and flew them to freedom .
branch 36 of tehran 's revolution court has confirmed the release .
mab hgh two american hikers jailed in iran since 2009 were freed from prison wednesday and flown to oman , where they were reunited with joyful family members .
sarah emily shourd , who had also been detained along with bauer , fattal , was released in september 2010 on a usd500,000 bail .
shane bauer and joshua fattal , both 29 , were released wednesday evening local time after spending more than two years in prison on charges of illegal entry and espionage since they and a companion , sarah shourd , were arrested on the border between iraq and iran while hiking in the mountainous region .
iran releases american spies on bail share | email | print iran releases us detainees shane bauer ( l ) and joshua fattal ( r ) on wednesday , september 21 , 2011 .
he also expressed gratitude to oman ’s sultan qaboos bin said , the ruler of the tiny monarchy on the arabian peninsula , and to iraqi president jalal talabani , the swiss government and others around the world “ who have worked steadfastly over the past two years to secure the
” after making their brief statements , bauer and fattal left the airport with their families .