What's going on: Iran ready to release 1 of 3 American hikers accused of spying

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APAmerican hikers Shane Bauer (left), Sarah Shourd (center), and Josh Fattal, who have been accused of spying in Iran, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran on May 20. Shourd, who may have cancer, will be released on bail, Tehran's prosecutor said today.

From New York Daily News:

One of the three American hikers arrested for spying in Iran may finally be getting out of jail. Sarah Shourd, the woman arrested along with her boyfriend, Shane Bauer, and fellow hiker, Josh Fattal, for illegally entering the Islamic Republic last year, will be released on bail, Tehran's Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said on Sunday.

Although Iranian officials said last week that one of the three would be released as part of the observance of the end of Ramadan, that decision was postponed on Friday, then canceled on Saturday. ...

According to Shourd's mother, the 32-year-old may have cancer, and did not receive proper medical care while in prison.

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