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In this May 20, 2010, file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)
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Iran to release 1 of 3 jailed Americans
Sarah Shourd will be released Saturday
Updated: Thursday, 09 Sep 2010, 1:46 PM MDT
Published : Thursday, 09 Sep 2010, 9:36 AM MDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's envoy to the United Nations has confirmed that a female American held for more than a year will be released.
Iran had earlier announced that one of the three Americans captured by Iran in July 2009 would be released to mark the holidays at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Bak Sahraei, second counselor of the UN mission confirmed Thursday in an e-mail that Sarah Shourd would be the one set free on Saturday.
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