FBI adds Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan to most wanted list

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added Reza Amiri Moghadam, Iran’s current ambassador to Pakistan, to its Most Wanted list.

He is accused of being involved in the 2007 abduction of former FBI agent Robert “Bob” Levinson, who mysteriously disappeared from Iran’s Kish Island.

On Tuesday, the FBI’s Washington Field Office released posters featuring three top Iranian intelligence officers, including Reza Amiri Moghadam.

According to the FBI, all three played major roles in Levinson’s kidnapping and in covering up Iran’s alleged involvement.

Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam—also known as Ahmad Amirnia—previously led the operations unit of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), where he oversaw intelligence agents working across Europe.

He now serves as Iran’s senior diplomat in Islamabad.

The FBI believes that Moghadam directly supervised the operation that led to Levinson’s abduction. He is also suspected of helping cover up the incident afterward.

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Levinson had traveled to Kish Island on March 8, 2007, and went missing the next day. Since then, no confirmed information about his whereabouts has been found.

The FBI clarified that these wanted posters are part of a broader, ongoing investigation focused on identifying all Iranian officials involved in Levinson’s disappearance and the subsequent efforts to hide the truth.

The other two individuals named are:

Taqi Daneshvar (also known as Seyed Taqi Qaemi): A senior counterintelligence officer in MOIS, who allegedly supervised operations during the time Levinson disappeared.

Gholam Hossein Mohammadi Nia: A senior MOIS official who served as Iran’s ambassador to Albania in 2016. He was expelled from Albania in 2018 for posing a threat to national security.

According to the FBI, he led efforts to shift blame for Levinson’s abduction onto a militant group based in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.