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Robert Levinson
Robert Alan "Bob" Levinson (born March 10, 1948)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- INTERPOL )〕 is an American private investigator and retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and FBI agent. He was taken hostage on March 9, 2007 when visiting Iran's Kish Island while supposedly researching a cigarette smuggling case. U.S. officials believe Levinson, kidnapped exactly two weeks before the 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel, was arrested by Iranian intelligence officials to be interrogated and used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Washington. However, every lead fizzled and Iran repeatedly denied any involvement in his disappearance. On December 12, 2013 the Associated Press reported that their investigations revealed that Levinson was working for the CIA,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American who vanished in Iran was on unsanctioned CIA mission – report )〕 contradicting the U.S.'s statement that he was not an employee of the government at the time of his capture.
In an interview, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke of cooperation regarding Levinson's case. "We are willing to help, and all the intelligence services in the region can come together to gather information about him to find his whereabouts."
==Iranian involvement==
On April 4, 2007, a little over three weeks after Levinson was arrested, an article by Iranian state-run PressTV stated that he "has been in the hands of Iranian security forces since the early hours of March 9" and "authorities are well on the way to finishing the procedural arrangements that could see him freed in a matter of days". The same article explained that it was established that Levinson's trip to Kish "was purely that of a private businessman looking to make contact with persons who could help him make representations to official Iranian bodies responsible for suppressing trade in pirated products which is a major concern of his company".
On January 8, 2013 the Associated Press reported that "the consensus now among some U.S. officials involved in the case is that despite years of denials, Iran's intelligence service was almost certainly behind the 54-second video and five photographs of Levinson that were emailed anonymously to his family. 'The tradecraft used to send those items was too good, indicating professional spies were behind them', the officials said... While everything dealing with Iran is murky, their conclusion is based on the U.S. government's best intelligence analysis."
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