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Tehran Iran implicitly denied on Thursday that a missing former FBI agent had died in its custody as his family claims, restating its longstanding position that he left the Islamic republic “years ago”.
US President Donald Trump did not confirm Bob Levinson’s death, saying that Iran had not communicated any news on the former agent, who has been missing since 2007 and would have turned 72 this month.
“Based on credible evidence, (Levinson) left Iran years ago for an unknown destination,” foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement.
He added that Iran had done everything it could to trace what happened after he left but had found “no evidence of him being alive”.
Levinson’s family said it had learnt that he was dead but gave no information on how or when.
“We recently received information from US officials that has led both them and us to conclude that our wonderful husband and father died while in Iranian custody,” a statement from the family said. (AFP)
US President Donald Trump did not confirm Bob Levinson’s death, saying that Iran had not communicated any news on the former agent, who has been missing since 2007 and would have turned 72 this month.
“Based on credible evidence, (Levinson) left Iran years ago for an unknown destination,” foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement.
He added that Iran had done everything it could to trace what happened after he left but had found “no evidence of him being alive”.
Levinson’s family said it had learnt that he was dead but gave no information on how or when.
“We recently received information from US officials that has led both them and us to conclude that our wonderful husband and father died while in Iranian custody,” a statement from the family said. (AFP)
