Robert Levinson reported released

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According to www.hindu.com - we understand it to be the on-line version of a large English-language Indian daily paper:

…. Iranian media is reporting behind the scenes activity that could encourage the release of some of the detained Iranians. According to the Iranian website Baztab, detained American Robert Levinson was turned over to American officials within the last 24-hours.

The entire Hindu piece here.

However, the Baztab piece cites back to the earlier “National Security News Service” piece of May 2nd.

According to Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) , Baztab is

close to the former commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezai, highly critical of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, was banned by the State Council on 29 March. Iranian news agency ISNA, reported that supporters of the president had taken out 15 law suits against it. It was previously blocked on 12 February and 19 March for posting “false” news which “violated the Constitution”, “damaging private life” or the “unity of the country” [Criticizing Ahmadinejad)

[A piece on the same page, reports that the ban has been lifted]:

The Iranian authorities yesterday lifted a ban on the conservative website Baztab.com, one of the most visited sites in Iran. The ban was imposed on 12 February under regulations adopted on 27 November 2006 forbidding the publication of “false” information, “violating the constitution” and attacking “personal privacy” or “the country’s unity.” The site had published reports on Iran’s nuclear industry and on corruption in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was criticised.

Reporters San Frontieres piece here.

The National Security News Service - is a division of Stories That Matter - a group of journalists with impressive investigative and journalistic resumes - Popular Logistics is familiar with some of the players - but not the group. However, our reading is that this sourcing - via NSNS/Stories That Matter - makes it more likely that accounts of Bobby Levinson’s release are accurate.

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