U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi walked free on Monday after an Iranian appeals court cut her eight-year jail sentence for spying to a suspended two-year term.
Her release resolved a case that had further strained U.S.-Iranian relations, at a time when U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to reach out to Tehran after three decades of mutual mistrust.
A judiciary source said Saberi, who was jailed on April 18 on charges of spying for the United States, could leave Iran, and her father suggested it would happen soon.
"Roxana is well and is staying at a relative's home tonight ... The exact date of our departure is not clear but we should get ready for our trip to America," said Reza Saberi, who moved to the United States in the early 1970s.
He was speaking after the 32-year-old freelance journalist was released from Tehran's Evin prison, where rights groups say political prisoners are usually held. Read more.