Sarah Shourd, 32, of the U.S., right, embraces her mother Nora Shourd, left, on Sarah Shourds arrival at the royal airport in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, after leaving Tehran, Iran. The American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison said she was grateful to Irans president for her freedom shortly before she boarded a flight to the Gulf sultanate of Oman where her mother greeted her with a warm embrace (AP/Sultan al-Hasani)