An FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like after five years in captivity, and an image, a picture before he disappeared, left, [File: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo]

The United States government has concluded that retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared more than a decade ago, has died while in the custody of Iran, his family said Wednesday.

The family said in a statement posted on Twitter that it had no information about how or when Levinson had died, but that it occurred before the recent coronavirus outbreak. The family said information US officials had received led them to conclude that he is dead.

“It is impossible to describe our pain,”

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