WASHINGTON — The U.S. authorities has concluded that retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished more than a decade ago, has died while within the custody of Iran, his family stated Wednesday.
The household stated in a press release posted on Twitter that it had no details about how or when Levinson had died, however that it occurred earlier than the current coronavirus outbreak. The family stated info U.S. officers had acquired led them to conclude that he's lifeless.
“It's unattainable to describe our pain,” the family’s assertion stated. “Our family will spend the remainder of our lives without probably the most superb man, a brand new actuality that's inconceivable to us. His grandchildren will never meet him. They may know him solely by means of the tales we tell them.′
Levinson disappeared on March 9, 2007, when he was scheduled to meet a supply on the Iranian island of Kish. For years, U.S. officers would only say that Levinson was working independently on a personal investigation.
However a 2013 Associated Press investigation revealed that Levinson had in truth been sent on a mission by CIA analysts who had no authority to run such an operation.
“Those that are liable for what happened to Bob Levinson, including those within the U.S. government who for a few years repeatedly left him behind, will finally obtain justice for what they have carried out,” the household assertion stated.
The family acquired proof-of-life photographs and a video in late 2010 and early 2011, however his whereabouts and fate were not recognized.
In November, the Iranian government unexpectedly responded to a United Nations query by saying that Levinson was the subject of an “open case” in Iranian Revolutionary Courtroom. Although the improvement gave the household a burst of hope, Iran clarified that the “open case” was an investigation into his disappearance.
The announcement of his dying comes just weeks after a federal decide in Washington held Iran answerable for his disappearance, saying the nation was “in no uncertain terms” liable for Levinson’s “hostage taking and torture.”
Src: Family: U.S. believes ex-FBI agent Levinson has died in Iran
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