Mohammad Baseri

Involvement in Robert Levinson case Baseri was accused by the United States of playing a key role in the abduction, detention, and probable death of Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in March 2007. Levinson was believed to have been on an unauthorized CIA mission at the time of his disappearance on Kish Island. In December 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Baseri and fellow MOIS officer Ahmad Khazai for their alleged involvement in the case. In February 2025, the FBI released seeking information posters for Baseri and Khazai, offering rewards for information related to Levinson's case.

Assassination Baseri was killed on 28 February 2026 in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Tehran. Iranian state media reported his death alongside other senior officials targeted in the strikes.