ABC News | Wife of US pastor held in Iran pleads for his freedom CNN (CNN) -- The wife of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran pleaded with a House subcommittee on foreign affairs Thursday to do something to free her husband. Naghmeh Abedini said that her husband, Saeed Abedini, went to Iran to build an orphanage but ... Wife of American pastor held in Iran blasts Obama administration for not doing ... Wife of US Pastor Held in Iran: Obama, Tehran Is Testing You Naghmeh Abedini pleads for husband imprisoned in Iran |
BBC News | Iran nuclear talks halted amid row over US sanctions BBC News Iran's delegation has left talks on the implementation of a deal over its nuclear programme after the expansion of a US sanctions blacklist. US Secretary of State John Kerry said he expected the talks to resume in the next few days. Iran said the US ... EU says "technical issues" delaying Iran nuclear talks; Iran says US ... US sanctions move angers Iran, Russia sees threat to nuclear deal Why the Iran deal is good for US |
CNN | Ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran was on rogue mission for CIA Washington Post An American man who disappeared in Iran more than six years ago had been working for the CIA in what U.S. intelligence officials describe as a rogue operation that led to a major shake-up in the spy agency. Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent ... American missing in Iran was probing possible money laundering: lawyer Carney disputes report that American missing in Iran was on CIA mission White House: Levinson not a government employee when he made Iran trip |
New York Times (blog) | American Who Killed for Iran's Revolution in 1980 Resurfaces in CIA Spy Drama New York Times (blog) By ROBERT MACKEY. Dawud Salahuddin A still image from the 2006 documentary “American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan,” showing Dawud Salahuddin, an American who fled to Iran in 1980 (a.k.a. David Theodore Belfield and Hassan Abdulrahman). |
Reports: American who went missing in Iran worked for CIA CNN (CNN) -- A former FBI agent who went missing in Iran was working for the CIA there, not conducting private business as officials have previously claimed, The Associated Press and the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Both the State Department and ... |
Iran angry over US sanctions, nuclear talks interrupted Reuters VIENNA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's anger over a new U.S. sanctions measure may have been behind its move to interrupt talks with world powers over how to implement last month's breakthrough nuclear agreement, two diplomats said on Friday. Several ... |
Washington Post | American missing in Iran was on unapproved mission Washington Post WASHINGTON — In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures. Days later, after an arranged meeting with an admitted killer, he checked out of his hotel ... |
ABC News | Family of Robert Levinson, American Held In Iran, Says He Was Spying for the CIA ABC News After years of secrecy, the family of the former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran seven years ago, Robert Levinson, acknowledged today he was working as a "spy" for a rogue CIA operation and accused the CIA, FBI and the Obama administration of ... |
Aljazeera.com | Several killed in Iraq-Iran pipeline attack Aljazeera.com Fifteen Iranian and three Iraqi workers were killed, while five Iranians and one Iraqi were wounded. The workers were laying the foundation for a gas pipeline which is set to connect Iraq with neighbouring Iran. Deadly day. Also on Friday, a series of ... Tehran condemns attack on Iran workers in Iraq Gun attack at gas pipeline on Iraq-Iran border leaves 18 dead Iran condemns attack against gas Project workers in Iraq |
American who disappeared in Iran reportedly was working for CIA Fox News WASHINGTON – An American who vanished nearly seven years ago in Iran was working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence-gathering mission that, when it came to light inside the government, produced one of the most serious scandals in the recent ... |