News of the release came moments before Obama was set to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. We now all want nothing more than to wrap Shane and Josh in our arms, catch up on two lost years and make a new beginning, for them and for all of us." "We have waited for nearly 26 months for this moment and the joy and relief we feel at Shane and Josh's long-awaited freedom knows no bounds. "Today can only be described as the best day of our lives," their families said in a statement issued from Oman before the two men arrived. "Two years in prison is too long," Bauer told reporters, "and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in America and Iran." They were accused of spying and last month Fattal and Bauer were sentenced to eight years in prison. We are sincerely grateful to the government of Oman for hosting us and our families."įattal, Bauer and Shourd were arrested two years ago while hiking along Iran's unmarked border with Iraq. "Our deepest gratitude to his majesty Sultan Qaboos for obtaining our release. "We are so happy we are free and so relieved we are free," Fattal, detained in Iran since 2009, told reporters upon arriving. Looking healthy and upbeat, they were greeted by family and friends in an emotional scrum of smiles, hugs and tears, and a long kiss between Bauer and his fiancee, Sarah Shourd, a fellow American prisoner in Iran until one year ago this week. hikers imprisoned in Iran for the past two years, sprinted to freedom today down the steps of a Royal Omani Air Force jet onto a tarmac in Muscat, Oman. Sept 21, 2011— - Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, the two U.S.
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