Iran Admits Ex-FBI Agent Missing Since 2007 Is Being Prosecuted in Revolutionary Court

The mission shrouded in secrecy had not been authorized by the CIA

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson who went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007 and Levinson's family received these photographs of him in April 2011. AP Photo/Levinson Family

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran is acknowledging for the first time it has an open case before its Revolutionary Court over the 2007 disappearance of a former FBI agent, renewing questions over what happened to him.

In a filing to the United Nations, Iran wrote, “According to the last statement of Tehran’s Justice Department, Mr. Robert Alan Levinson has an ongoing case in the Public Prosecution and Revolutionary Court of Tehran.”