Financial Times FT.com

Fugitive says he met missing ex-FBI agent

By Guy Dinmore in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

Published: April 13 2007 05:08 | Last updated: April 13 2007 05:08

An American fugitive living in Iran since he murdered an Iranian opposition activist in the US in 1980 has revealed that he met a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent shortly before the latter disappeared on the Iranian island of Kish a month ago.

US authorities have been anxiously seeking information about the former agent, Robert Levinson, for several weeks. The Iranian foreign ministry says it is trying to clarify his whereabouts. US officials suspect he is in Iranian detention.

You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

Read this