In 2009, the whole world watched as American journalist Sarah Shourd was held in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison for 410 days on charges of espionage. She and her two companions were ...

Iran on Friday postponed the planned release of Sarah Shourd, state media reported. That news dealt a blow to the hopes of three U.S. mothers who have pleaded for the trio's release. Iranian officials ...

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After a power struggle within Iran's conservative leadership put her freedom in doubt, an American woman arrested more than a year ago along the Iraq border is on the verge of heading home. Her two ...

On their last day of freedom, the trio of Americans woke early for a hike. One kicked up a cloud of yellow dust as he wandered ahead, up a valley in Iraqi Kurdistan. The other two lagged behind, ...

Cal grad Sarah Shourd told her family that she was given the chance to say goodbye to her hiking mates, who are still being held in an Iranian prison. It must have been a bittersweet moment for Shourd ...

There will undoubtedly be some observers who will take Iran’s release of an American hiker held for more than a year on spying charges as a portent of rapprochement in the fraught U.S.-Iran ...

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Michele Norris talks to Nora Shourd, the mother of Sarah Shourd — one of three American hikers who have been detained in Iran since July. Nora Shourd took part in a protest rally Monday in New York, ...

Iran's start-and-stop announcements over the release of one of three detained Americans add up to a distinct message: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies still have a fight on their hands ...

American hiker Sarah Shourd is free after spending more than a year in custody for illegally crossing into Iran while hiking in Iraq. The Iranian government says it released her on compassionate ...

Iran's internal politics are complicating the release of an American jailed after being arrested hiking near the border. Sarah Shourd, one of three hikers being held, may be released on a $500,000 ...