Iran may be holding ex-FBI agent, U.S. official says

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Iran may be holding ex-FBI agent, U.S. official says

37 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes it is possible
Iran is holding a former FBI agent Robert Levinson missing since March,
a senior U.S. State Department official said on Monday but gave no
evidence to support the statement.

"In the absence of any other explanation you have to start considering
other possibilities and that is that certainly it is possible he is being
held," said the official who spoke on condition he not be named.


Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070423/pl_nm/iran_usa_missing_dc_1

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Source: Persian Journal (Iran)

Mullahs: Iran is not holding missing ex-FBI agent
Apr 22, 2007

Iran is not holding a former FBI agent, who went missing on a visit
to the Gulf island of Kish in Iran, but is investigating the case,
the country's intelligence minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Florida resident and ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing early
in March. U.S. officials have said they believe he is in Iran but have
no credible information about his exact whereabouts. It is not clear
why Levinson visited Iran, Reuters reported.

Earlier this month, the Financial Times newspaper said he was being
held by Iranian authorities.

Asked whether Iran had arrested Levinson and about rumors it might
try to exchange him for an Iranian ex-deputy defense minister who
went missing in Turkey in February, Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein
Mohseni-Ejei told Fars news agency:

"This is not true. They (the Americans) have made a claim and we
are following up the issue."

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Read more: http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_21566.shtml

[liberal N proud]

1. The media and the regime are grasping for straws to justify a first strike

The British hostages were their hope to enable a strike on Iran but that fell through, so now they will use anything and everything to enable them to claim they need to attack Iran.

[Missy M]

2. and we really believe that 'ex-FBI agent'.....

went to Iran for fun and relaxation!!!!;-) ;) ;)