FBI Agents Association Calls on International Community to Redouble Efforts to Gain Release of Robert Levinson

The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) congratulates the families of those Americans released today by Iran and calls on the international community to redouble its efforts to gain the release of former FBI Agent Robert Levinson.  Levinson disappeared in Iran in 2007.

"FBIAA urges the U.S. and international community to press Iran for information on the disappearance of Bob Levinson,” said  FBIAA President Renaldo Tariche.  “We ask anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to come forward with any information that could bring Bob back home.”

Robert “Bob” Levinson is a retired FBI Agent who served 22 years with the FBI and six with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Mr. Levinson traveled to Kish Island, Iran as a private investigator and has not been publicly seen or heard from since his disappearance on March 9, 2007. The FBI, which is charged with investigating crimes committed against U.S. citizens abroad, has been actively conducting an investigation to locate Levinson and is offering a reward of up to $1,000,000 for information leading directly to his safe location, recovery, and return.

“Bob’s former colleagues have not forgotten him.  We continue to stand with the Levinson family,” said Tariche.  “Bob, married for 38 years with seven children, has missed more than nine years of accomplishments and milestones in the lives of his children.   Each day brings renewed heartache to his family and friends.  We celebrate today’s release of Americans, but the world should not forget Levinson’s continued unjustified imprisonment and continue to work for his release.”