American hikers Shane Bauer (L) and Josh Fattal hold a press conference after stepping off an Omani Royal Air Force plane on September 21, 2011 in Muscat, Oman, after Tehran released Bauer and Fattal on bail, months after handing them hefty jail terms. The pair was released earlier September 21, 2011 from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, after more than two years in jail for spying and illegal entry into Iran, after the Gulf sultanate of Oman paid their bail. Bauer and Fattal were arrested along with Sarah Shourd near the mountainous border with Iraq on July 31, 2009. All three have consistently maintained they innocently strayed into Iran while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Shourd was released last year on humanitarian and medical grounds. AFP PHOTO / Mohammed MAHJOUB (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP/Getty Images)
