The family of Robert Levinson, a CIA contractor who disappeared on Iran’s Kish Island in 2007, confirmed Thursday that the US government informed them that the former FBI agent had died at some point prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States had long pressed Iran to release Levinson, believing that Tehran was at least aware of his whereabouts if not actively detaining him. Iran has repeatedly denied knowledge of Levinson’s whereabouts throughout the saga — a claim Iran repeated today.
