Intel: Timeline of CIA contractor Robert Levinson missing for 13 years in Iran
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 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.
2007: Levinson travels to Iran’s Kish Island in the Persian Gulf while working as a contractor for the CIA.
2008: The CIA reaches a $2.5 million settlement with Levinson’s family to avoid a lawsuit.
