Sultanate has `` cordial '' relations with U.S. , U.S. . Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd December 2009 . Omanis want to avoid `` heated atmospherics , '' official says . Sarah Shourd said to be at home in both traditional Western , modern Omanis society .
Sultanate has `` cordial '' relations with U.S. , Iran . Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd last year . Omanis want to avoid `` heated atmospherics , '' official says . Sultan said to be at home in both traditional Arab , modern Western society .