U.S. hiker freed from Iranian custodySTORY HIGHLIGHTS- Sarah Shourd was freed after 14 months in prison
- Her two companions will remain in jail
- State-run media reports that the $500,000 bail was paid in Oman
- Shourd is apparently suffering from health problems
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- American Sarah Shourd left Iran Tuesday after authorities freed her from the Tehran prison where she has been held since July 2009, her lawyer told CNN.
Masoud Shafii said he was with a smiling Shourd when she was released from Evin Prison late Tuesday afternoon and that bail had been posted.
She was handed over to Swiss authorities. The United States and Iran do not have formal relations, and Switzerland serves as the "protecting power" for Washington in Tehran.
"I've hoped and prayed for this moment for 410 days and I cannot wait to wrap Sarah in my arms and hold her close when we are finally together again," Shourd's mother Nora said in a statement.
"Sarah has had a long and difficult detainment and I am going to make sure that she now gets the care and attention she needs and the time and space to recover," she said.
Shourd, 32, left prison wearing a red head scarf and without any belongings, Shafii said. Her release was bittersweet because she was leaving behind fellow Americans Shane Bauer, 28, and Josh Fattal, 28. Shourd told Shaffi she wished all three were walking out together.
The families of the three Americans urged Iranian authorities to release Bauer and Fattal as well.
"All of our families are relieved and overjoyed that Sarah has at last been released but we're
also heartbroken that Shane and Josh are still being denied their freedom for no just cause," they said in a statement Tuesday. "The work is not over and, as we prepare to welcome Sarah home, we will not rest until Shane and Josh are home too."
Iranian prison officials who processed Shourd's release gathered to say goodbye to her and wish her well, Shaffi said. One official told her he hoped never to see her again in the notorious Tehran prison.
Shroud left Iran later Tuesday on a chartered flight to Muscat, Oman, the Swiss ambassador in Tehran told CNN.
Earlier, her bail was posted in Muscat, according to Iranian state-run media. It had been set at $500,000.
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Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told Iran's Press TV that Shourd's "representatives" paid her bail to an Iranian bank in Muscat, after which a judge ordered her release.
Shourd, Bauer and Fattal were detained after they allegedly strayed across an unmarked border into Iran while hiking in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Iran accused the three of spying, a charge the United States denies.
Dolatabadi said Tuesday that Bauer, who is Shourd's fiance, and Fattal will remain in jail until their trial. The official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the detention for the two Americans had been extended by two months.
Iran had said Shourd would be freed once the $500,000 bail was paid. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley made it clear Washington would play no role in paying the bail.
A judge decided to allow Shourd to be released on bail because of her medical condition, IRNA said Sunday, citing Dolatabadi. Shourd had a pre-existing gynecological problem, and her family says she now also has a lump in her breast, according to Shafii.
Iranian officials have apparently changed their stance on Shourd's release several times since last week. Iranian officials had announced Thursday that Shourd would be released on Saturday, at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
But state media announced Friday that the release had been called off because legal procedures had not yet been resolved.
Some analysts said it was not a coincidence that Shourd's release comes as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is about to attend the U.N. General Assembly's meeting later this month.
"I think President Ahmadinejad really wanted to use this as a way of building up a store of goodwill just before he comes to New York," said Gary Sick, a professor at Columbia University and a former National Security Council Iran analyst.
CNN's Reza Sayah, Mary Snow and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.