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Christine Levinson (R), wife of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, watches as her son, Daniel Levinson, displays a web print of his father’s picture to journalists, while attending a news conference, at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22, 2007. Photo: Reuters / Morteza Nikoubazl. The United States on Monday blacklisted two Iranian officials who it accused of involvement in the March 2007 disappearance of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who the United States believes was abducted in Iran and died in captivity. In announcing that it had imposed sanctions on Mohammad Baseri and A...

For first time, U.S. formally blames Iran for presumed death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson December 14, 2020 / 11:53 AM / CBS/AP Family of Robert Levinson “disappointed” in the U.S The Trump administration Monday formally blamed Iran for the first time for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible for his abduction. In a statement Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iranian officials "authorized Levinson's abduction and detention and launched a disinformation campaign to deflec...

The Trump administration announced on Monday new sanctions on two Iranians, blaming them for their “direct involvement” in the 2007 abduction and probable death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson. The US Treasury Department sanctions against Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai, two intelligence officers from the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, “are the first public actions against the Iranian government to hold them accountable for the abduction of Mr Levinson, the longest-held US hostage ever”, a senior US official said. “The individuals designated today … acted in their capacit...

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it has sanctioned two senior Iranian intelligence officials for allegedly being involved in the abduction, detention and probable death of former FBI agent and Jewish American Robert Levinson. Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) were sanctioned by America for their alleged involvement in the case of Levinson, who disappeared in 2007 while visiting Iran and working part-time for the CIA. He is believed to have died while in Iranian custody. The United States sanctioned the MOIS in 2009...

ADDS Biden aide The United States on Monday for the first time accused Iran of direct involvement in the "probable death" of former FBI agent Bob Levinson, who vanished 13 years ago. Releasing the finding a month before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, Donald Trump's administration urged his successor to prioritize the release of at least three Americans in Iranian custody as part of an expected resumption of diplomacy. "The government of Iran pledged to provide assistance in bringing Bob Levinson home, but it has never followed through," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a stateme...