ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said that Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam is widely respected for his role in the promotion of Pakistan-Iran ties, after his inclusion in the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “most wanted” list.
Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan, in a statement on Wednesday, said that Ambassador Moghadam is viewed with respect in Pakistan and is a duly accredited envoy of a neighbouring country.
“As far as Pakistan is concerned, the ambassador of Iran is widely respected for his role in the promotion of Pakistan-Iran relations,” the FO spokesperson added.
“He is entitled to all the privileges, immunities, and respect due to an ambassador, that too from a friendly neighbouring country.”
The FBI has recently added Moghadam to its most wanted list, citing his suspected role in the abduction, detention, and probable death of Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared after travelling to Iran’s Kish Island in 2007.
The bureau has offered a reward of up to $5 million, while the US State Department’s Rewards for Justice Programme has announced an additional $20 million for information leading to Levinson’s recovery.
Reza Amiri Moghadam, an official of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, is wanted for questioning based on his alleged involvement in the abduction, detention, and probable death of retired FBI Special Agent Robert A. Levinson: https://t.co/3jdNl5splA pic.twitter.com/WHvvTGo7kM
— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) July 15, 2025
Washington’s move comes in the aftermath of the recent 12-day Iran-Israel war that saw the US bombing the former’s nuclear sites.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK, during a telephonic conversation, have agreed to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran.
If no agreement is reached by the deadline, the three European powers intend to invoke the “snapback” mechanism, which would automatically reinstate all UN Security Council sanctions lifted under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
