US Sanctions Iranian Officials in Abduction, Presumed Death of Former FBI Agent

An FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson (R), of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken from the video, released by his kidnappers, and a picture before he was kidnapped (L), displayed during a news conference in Washington, on March 6, 2012. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo

The Trump administration on Dec. 14 formally accused two Iranian intelligence officials of being responsible for the disappearance and presumed death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson.

The announcement, accompanied by sanctions against Tehran, comes nine months after White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien revealed that Levinson, who went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in 2007, “may have passed away some time ago.”