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Robert Levinson, retired FBI agent, presumed dead in Iranian custody over a decade after disappearance

March 25, 2020
Speaking of Iran
Robert Levinson, retired FBI agent, presumed dead in Iranian custody over a decade after disappearance

Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent and private investigator who disappeared from an Iranian island in 2007, is believed to have died in Iranian custody, his family revealed in a statement Wednesday.

Read the full developing story at Fox News.

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