FBI agent Robert Levinson dies 'in Iranian custody,' family announces
by Joel Gehrke
| March 25, 2020 06:30 PM
Robert Levinson, a former FBI special agent who disappeared while traveling on Iran’s Kush Island in 2007, has “died while in Iranian custody,†his family announced Wednesday.
“We recently received information from U.S. officials that has led both them and us to conclude that our wonderful husband and father died while in Iranian custody,†his widow, Christine Levinson, said in a statement signed by other members of his family. “We don’t know when or how he died, only that it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.â€
President Trump at the daily White House briefing on the coronavirus Wednesday evening called Levinson "a great gentleman" who had "a great family." But he said he was not reconciled to the death.
"I don't accept that he's dead," Trump said. "It's not looking great. They haven't told us that he's dead, but a lot of people think that's the case. I feel badly about it."
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