Deal with Iran Leaves Behind Robert Levinson, Former FBI Agent Who Disappeared in 2007
Still missing is Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared off Iran’s Kish Island in March 2007.
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FBI Agents Association Wants International Community to Step Up Efforts to Release Former Agent Robert Levinson from Iran
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com On Saturday, the day the U.S. announced that Iran had released five people, including a Washington Post reporter , the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) called on the international community to redouble its efforts to gain the release of former FBI Agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007. “FBIAA urges…
FBI Increases Reward for Missing Retired Agent Levinson to $5M
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson was kidnapped eight years ago this month while traveling to an Iranian island, making him one of the longest-held U.S. residents in history. CNN reports that the FBI has increased the reward for information on Levinson, who also turned 67 this month, from $1 million to…
FBI Takes Note of the 7th Anniversary of the Disappearance of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI issued a press release on Friday denoting the seven-year anniversary of the disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson. The release said that Levinson, who turns 66 on March 10, retired from the FBI in 1998. On March 8, 2007, he traveled to Kish Island, Iran, “as a private…
U.S. Senator Offers to Fly to Iran to Help Find ex-FBI Agent Who Has Been Missing Since 2007
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Senator offered Tuesday to travel to Iran if it would help locate former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished in the country in 2007, NBC 3 News reports. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., may have a hard time finding information, though. The last images showing Levinson alive are from…
Iranian Official: No Trace of Ex-FBI Agent Who Vanished in Country 6 Years Ago
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The case of the former FBI agent who went missing in Iran six years ago remains a mystery. There’s no evidence that Robert Levinson is in Iran, the country’s Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Associated Press. “What we know is that he is not incarcerated in Iran,” Zarif…
U.S. Calls for Release of Former FBI Agent Held Since March 2007 in Iran
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It seems like a long shot. The U.S. is calling for the release of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who Monday became the longest-held American hostage ever, the Associated Press reports. Levinson has been missing since a business trip to Iran’s Kish Island in March 2007. “It is our view that all…
Ex-FBI Agent Becomes Longest-Held American Hostage Ever After Disappearing in Iran in 2007
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Levinson vanished 2,456 days ago. That makes the retired FBI agent the longest-held American hostage, according to the New York Daily News. Journalist Terry Anderson was held hostage for 2,454 days. He was freed in 1991 by the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the Daily News. Levinson worked at the…