Two US nationals held in Iran freed and left to Oman

September 21, 2011, 2:25 PM EDT

By Ladane Nasseri

 lnasseri@bloomberg.net

With assistance from Nicole Gaouette in New York. Editors: Terry Atlas, Leslie Hoffecker

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew J. Barden at barden@bloomberg.net

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Two U.S. nationals held in Iran on charges of espionage and illegal entry into the country were freed from prison and left from Mehrabad International Airport in the Iranian capital on a flight to Oman, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Iran's nuclear ambitions may have prompted arrests of suspects of spying in Oman.

By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE

February/01/2011 10:32

Details of case remain murky, but divisions over Iran's nuclear ambitions may have prompted arrests of suspects of spying in Oman.

A UAE spy network in Oman

MUSCAT

Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:09am EST

Reporting by Saleh al Shaibany and Mahmoud Habboush; Editing by Matthew Jones

MUSCAT (Reuters) - Oman said it had uncovered a UAE spy network in the Gulf Arab state that targeted its government and military, the state news agency of the U.S. ally in the Arabian Peninsula reported on Sunday.