Iran Calls Ex-FBI Agent’s Case a ‘Missing Person’ File

An FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson (R) of how he would look like now after five years in captivity; an image (C) taken from the video, released by his kidnappers; and a picture before he was kidnapped, displayed during a news conference in Washington in March 6, 2012. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran on Nov. 10 said an open Revolutionary Court case involving an ex-FBI agent who disappeared there in 2007 on an unauthorized CIA mission “was a missing person” filing, not a sign that the man was being prosecuted.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi’s comments come as a new Iranian acknowledgment of the case involving Robert Levinson renewed questions about his disappearance.