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U.S. Hostage in Iranian Custody Robert Levinson Believed Dead
(Washington Post) Carol Morello - Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who went missing in Iran 13 years ago, has died in Iranian custody, his family said Wednesday. Levinson disappeared in March 2007 while on Kish Island, a tourist spot off the coast of Iran, during an unauthorized trip for the CIA to gather intelligence on Iran's nuclear program. Levinson was last viewed alive in a 2010 hostage video in which he wore a prison-style orange jumpsuit. Robert C. O'Brien, who was the State Department's hostage envoy before becoming national security adviser, said U.S. officials believe Levinson may have died "some time ago." "The United States calls upon Iran to release all Americans who remain wrongfully detained in that country," O'Brien added.