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December 09, 2011

Florida man missing in Iran is alive in hostage video, family presses for help

Bob Levinson, a retired FBI agent who went missing in Iran in 2009, has surfaced in a hostage video posted on a website started by his family in hopes of securing his return. The family has made its own video, urging his captors to work with them for his release.

In the video, apparently made a year ago, Levinson asks the U.S. government to meet the demands of the people who are holding him, but doesn't identify them. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have appealed to Iran for information about Levinson, but news reports suggest the release of the video means any negotiations may have stalled.

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Thank god that he is alive till yet other wise he has been died.

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