Sarah Shourd to Be Released

Iranian officials have confirmed ABC News that Sarah Shourd will be released, after being imprisoned in Iran for over a year.  According to the network, the information given didn’t give a specific date but said that it was going to happen “very soon”. As you may remember Shourd is one of the three hikers that were detained.

A text message sent to journalists by an Iranian official early in the day, announced the news:
“Offering congratulations on Eid al-Fitr. The release of one of the detained Americans will be at Saturday, 9 a.m. at the Estaghlal hotel.”
Back in May, we received news from Sarah Shourd, saying that she was suffering from depression and also had a health problem. A spokesman for the family confirmed this information and detailed that Shourd has found a lump in her breast, though it was not known if this was cancer.
“We have seen the news reports and are urgently seeking further information,” the hikers’ mothers said in a statement posted on Facebook “We hope and pray that the reports are true and that this signals the end of all three of our children’s long and difficult detention. Shane, Sarah and Josh are all innocent and we continue to call for their immediate release, so that they can return home together and be reunited with our families.”