Iran ready to release American woman 

Iranian state TV is reporting that a senior prosecutor is ready to release a jailed American woman on bail. Sarah Shourd was to have been released Saturday as an act of clemency to mark the end of Ramadan after the intervention of Irans president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But the judiciary abruptly halted the release.
 <p>Irans state-run Press TV said today that  the Tehran prosecutor is now ready to release her on bail. Shourd and two other Americans, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, were detained along the Iran-Iraq border on July 31, 2009. They have been accused of illegally crossing the border and spying in a case that has deepened tensions with Washington — which has led the push from greater sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.