has come from muscat in oman. the second flight they have taken, this one was just over seven hours. the first one was the private plane of the sultan of oman, which took them from tehran to muscat. 0man s role shouldn t be underplayed, they helped broker this deal behind the scenes, they are very proud of the role they had in all of this. when we saw nazanin zaghari ratcliffe and anoosheh ashoori getting off the plane in oman it was incredible to see nazanin s beaming smile, looking so well at the end of what has been, as you say, such an ordeal. i think everybody nowjust an ordeal. i think everybody now just wants to see an ordeal. i think everybody nowjust wants to see her on british soil, stepping out onto the tarmac, congratulating possibly the pilots there or they are discussing what is happening next, peoplejust happening next, people just want happening next, peoplejust want to finally see her with her daughter, and anoosheh ashoori with his wife and his children, and just to g
released from a prison there, but we re also hearing they re still in the prison. our sources in iran say they don t actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was released last september. om omani government officials aren t confirming this. they did go into the prison earlier today and we re awaiting word when and if they will leave the country and in fact, they will be headed to muscat, oman. if you wanted to look at the politics behind all that and look at the relationship between oman and the u.s. mohammed, are you still connected with me? all right, we ve lost connection with jamjoom, apologize for
united nations building in new york. let s go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? reporter: well, brooke, we re here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she s here as well. they re eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not see any of the families yet or any of the hikers. but clearly there s a sense of anticipation here. we got word two hours ago the omani officials were involved in a negotiation to secure the release of the two hikers. not too much surprise considering there was some anticipation that they would be involved, that they paid the bail because last year when sarah shourd was released, nad her bail and he