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Jailed Americans to be freed soon: Ahmadinejad | Reuters

(Reuters) - Iran will soon free two Americans jailed for spying, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, in what he called a humanitarian gesture weeks before he travels to the United Nations in New York.

"I think these two persons will be freed in a couple of days," the Iranian leader said through an interpreter in an interview broadcast on NBC's "Today" show. "We do it, for example, in a humanitarian gesture."

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced in Iran last month to eight years in prison.

Americans convicted in Iran to be freed on bail-lawyer | Reuters

(Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens sentenced in Iran to eight years in jail on spying charges will be released on $500,000 bail each and can leave the country after being freed, their lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday.

"The appeals court has agreed for the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on $500,000 bail for each of them ... They can leave Iran right after their release," Masoud Shafie told Reuters. (Writing by by Parisa Hafezi)