TEHRAN, Iran — The lawyer of an American woman cleared for release from an Iranian prison said today he is still waiting for word that the $500,000 bail has been paid.

Masoud Shafiei said he has been in contact with the family of Sarah Shourd and the Swiss Embassy, which handles U.S. affairs in Iran because there are no diplomatic relations between Washington and Tehran.

He said there has been no change in the case since Sunday when Iran's judiciary said the 32-year-old woman could be released on health grounds after more than a year in custody. Shourd and two U.S. companions were arrested in July 2009 along the border with Iraq.

The decision to release Shourd came after a power struggle within Iran's conservative leadership put her freedom in doubt.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had personally promised Shourd's release Friday as a sign of Islamic compassion at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, but was quickly rebuked by the judiciary, which proceeded to set its own conditions for a release, including the bail amount.

The only reported challenge to the decision came by an Iranian lawmaker.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan soldiers fired on demonstrators trying to storm a government building to protest against a once-planned Quran burning in the U.S., and two protesters were killed, an Afghan official said. Four were injured.The protesters in eastern Logar province Sunday chanted "Death to America" and burned tires, attacked several shops and set election campaign posters on fire, said Mohammad Rahim Amin, chief of Logar's Baraki Barak district."I can say for sure that this was the work of the enemies of peace and stability in Afghanistan who are trying to use any opportunity to disrupt the security situation" in the country, Amin said.At previous protests, witnesses said Taliban agitators were among the crowd and Taliban-distributed pamphlets claimed the planned Quran burning showed the Americans were in Afghanistan to wage war against Islam.Sunday was the third day Afghans protested against the Quran burning despite the pastor's decision to call it off.