. >> sarah shoard is on her way home to the united states at this hour. several more days before the federal prisoner in iran comes home to the bay area. ktvu's ken pricard reports. >> reporter: not hours before her flight home she thanked the president of oman for facilitating her release from the iranian jail. >> i will always associate the sweet smell of sandalwood and the chance to stand by the ocean listening to the waves. >> she and shane and josh were arrested in july of last year after they allegedly crossed the remarks iran border on a hiking trip. they said they will face trial for espionage. >> please, please extend your prayers to my fiancee shane and my friend josh. in shallah, they will soon be free. >> reporter: she was ored released by an iranian judge citing medical reasons. the president said her release was a humanitarian gesture. but bay area journalists marion says his gesture is no gesture at all. when he is at the united nations today where we spoke to him by phone. >> it shows that the release of sarah shoard has nothing to do with

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. >> sarah shoard spent more than a year in prison. they are calling for the return of the two others retain mad tehran. fox's peter doocy has more. >> after more than a year in i rain january captivity sarah leaves for a plan bound to the u.s. the 32-year-old held for more than a year on suspicion of spying thanked those who were helping to bring her home. >> i think the good hospitable people of imam for your support and ask you to please, please extend your prayers to my fiancee shane and my friend josh. in shalah they will soon be freed. >> they were arrested in july of 2009 while hiking in the mountains of northern iraq. charged with spying by the government, their relatives and u.s. officials dispute the allegations. secretary of state hillary clinton, calling on iran to release the remaining two men. >> it would be a very significant humanitarian gesture for the iranians to release them as well. >> her family also says she was denied proper medical care for a breast lump and other health problems. mothers of the remaining hikers