Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained for more than a year in Iran, has been released from jail and is expected to leave the country later today, according to Iranian state media. Press TV, the country’s official English-language news service, today announced that Shourd had been handed over to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which represents U.S. interests in the country. The news channel said the 32-year-old was freed on a bail of $500,000, and — according to an unnamed Swiss diplomat — was expected to fly home in a few hours. Tehran’s chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dowlatabadi said later that the bail had been paid to an Iranian bank in Muscat, Oman, according to The Associated Press. But it’s not yet clear who made that payment, as Shourd’s family previously said they were struggling to raise the money. lawyer also confirmed her release during a telephone call with Reuters. “I am inside Evin prison, doing her paperwork. She has been released and is heading toward the Swiss Embassy,” Masoud Shafii told the news service, speaking from the notorious Tehran lockup where Shourd and the two other Americans — Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 28 — have been held for 14 months. The attorney was later quoted by state-run news agency IRNA saying Shourd intended to travel to Oman where her mother was waiting for her, but conflicting reports said she would fly to the Qatari capital of Doha. The three graduates of the University of California at Berkeley were arrested…