WASHINGTON:
The United States asked Iran on Monday to provide information about a former FBI
agent believed to have gone missing several weeks ago while on private business
there.
US state department
spokesman Sean McCormack said the family and employer of the man reported him
missing and the state department sent an official inquiry on Monday to Iran via
Swiss diplomats, who act as a go-between with Tehran because the two countries
do not have diplomatic
relations.
"His family and
employer are seeking to determine exactly where he is," McCormack said,
declining for privacy reasons to provide any details on the man or his
employer.
A US official said it
would probably be several days before Iran's government acknowledged the inquiry
passed on by the Swiss Embassy.