Former FBI Agent Missing In Iran Confirmed Alive
The BBC reports:
Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared on the Iranian island of Kish four years ago, is alive, the US Department of State says.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there were indications he was being held somewhere in south-west Asia.
She added that the US had asked the Iranian government to make a humanitarian effort to return him safely to his family.
Iran has repeatedly denied knowing what happened to him.
"As the government of Iran has previously offered its assistance in this matter, we respectfully request the Iranian government to undertake humanitarian efforts to safely return and reunite Bob with his family," Mrs Clinton said.
For several years, the US feared that Mr Levinson, 63, had died. He has diabetes and high blood pressure.
But his family received firm evidence he was alive late last year, the Associated Press news agency reports.
No details of the evidence have been released because officials do not want to hinder rescue efforts, correspondents say.
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