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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Have we heard this before? The Associated Press reports that Iran’s foreign minister says his country is prepared to help find out what happened to retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished six years ago while traveling to the Iranian island of Kish. Iran has indicated in the past that Levinson…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Iran said Tuesday it has no information on the whereabouts of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished in the country nearly six years ago, Naharnet reports. “We have announced that we do not have any information regarding the issue,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanaparast told reporters in his weekly briefing. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Almost six years has passed since Christine Levinson saw her husband, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007. After all these years, Levinson still believes her husband, Robert Levinson, a private investigator, is alive. Levinson is urging the U.S. government to increase pressure on Iran, which federal authorities believe…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nothing yet has worked for the family of a former FBI agent missing since traveling to Iran five years ago. So the family of 64-year-old Bob Levinson, with the help of the FBI, rented billboards in Times Square and subway entrances near the United Nations with an urgent plea to the visiting…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On the five-year anniversary of his disappearance– which happens to be this week — the FBI is offering a $1 million reward and is launching a publicity campaign in Asia to try to locate and bring home ex-FBI agent Robert A. Levinson, who vanished while on business in Iran. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The missing caper involving retired FBI agent Robert Levinson who vanished in Iran in 2007 , took another dramatic turn Friday. The Associated Press reported that the family website posted a video of the family issuing a plea to his unknown kidnappers along with a hostage video of Levinson, 63,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could the release by Iran of two American hikers help spur the release of missing retired FBI agent Robert Levinson? Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla) hopes so. Fox News reports that Nelson fired of a letter on Sept. 22 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her to press the issue at…
