The jailed US hiker Sarah Shourd has been freed after fourteen months in an Iranian prison. The thirty-two-year-old Shourd left Iran on Tuesday after posting $500,000 bail. Shortly before boarding a plane to be reunited with her family in Oman, Shourd said she will campaign for the release of her fiancé Shane Bauer and the other jailed hiker, Joshua Fattal.

Sarah Shourd: “I know how much effort has gone into this, and I’m extremely grateful. I feel, myself, I have a huge debt to repay the world for what it’s done for me, and my first priority is to help my fiancé Shane Bauer and my friend Josh Fattal to gain their freedom, because they don’t deserve to be in prison anymore. And even when that’s finished, I feel like my work has only just begun, repaying the world for what it’s done for me. I’m extremely grateful, and I realize that there are many people in prison that don’t have the kind of support that I’ve had. And everyone deserves the same — every innocent person in prison deserves the same support that I’ve received.”

Shourd was released on health grounds after being kept in solitary confinement for the past year. Her family has said she is suffering from medical problems, including precancerous cervical cells and a breast lump. In Washington, State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley called on Iran to free Bauer and Fattal.

P.J. Crowley: “The release of Sarah Shourd demonstrates that Iranian authorities have the ability to resolve these cases, if they choose. Iranian authorities made the decision to release Sarah Shourd. We hope that they will make the same decision regarding Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer as soon as possible.”