Opinion

Robert Levinson, missing in Iran, is declared dead. Too many questions remain.

Last week, the family of Robert Levinson, an American citizen and retired FBI agent who has been missing in Iran since 2007, issued a statement saying they now believe that he died in Iranian custody. They based their statement on information provided by the U.S. government.

After a relentless search for any clues to his whereabouts over the past 13 years, many questions still remain. The timing of the announcement — in the midst of a pandemic — raises even more.