U.S. urges Iran to help free missing retired FBI agent
By CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty
With a breakthrough interim nuclear deal and relations between the United States and Iran improving, the White House on Tuesday "respectfully" asked the Iranian government to help return Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who went missing in Iran more than six years ago.
"We do want to test the regime. The new administration has said that they want to take a different approach toward the West, toward the United States. One way that they could clearly demonstrate that is they could help us find Bob Levinson, help reunite him with his family," Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told CNN.
Rhodes said that Levinson and two other Americans are being "detained in Iran unjustly, in our view."
A separate White House statement said the United States welcomes help from "our international partners in this investigation, and we respectfully ask the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to assist us in securing Mr. Levinson's health, welfare, and safe return."
Levinson became a private investigator after his three-decade career with the FBI and disappeared in March 2007 during a business trip to Kish Island, Iran. It is believed he was investigating cigarette smuggling.
His wife, Christine, told CNN the family has no new information about him but is "hopeful," with the leadership of Iran's new and more moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.
Christine Levinson said Tuesday marked "an unimaginable milestone" for her husband, noting he has now surpassed journalist Terry Anderson to become the "longest-held American hostage." Anderson spent 2,454 days in captivity before being freed by Islamic militants in Lebanon in 1991.
"Our family will soon gather for our seventh Thanksgiving without Bob, and the pain will be almost impossible to bear," she said in a statement.
Iran's government repeatedly has said it is not holding Levinson and does not know his whereabouts.
Iran's previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said he was willing to help find Levinson, and the family received what then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described in 2010 as "proof of life."
CNN was told some discussions with Iran were being held. The White House said there still is uncertainty over Levinson's whereabouts.
FBI Director James Comey said Monday that the agency continues "to follow every lead into his disappearance."
CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.
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Obamas top aid, Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran.
Kerry's son in law is also was born in Iran.
Is that reason the USA foreign policy to the fascist regime of Iran is so soft?
Zarif today told: We continue to construct the heavy water station in city of Arak!!!
Can somebody explain what was the super deal agreement about?!
How the USA trust those liars?
First, we need to give diplomacy a chance to work. All that stupid warmongering and sabre rattling produced absolutely nothing and made us all look war hungry maniacs in the meantime!!!
censorship is in full effect now.
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America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
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