Iran said that it had "no clues" to solve the mystery of a former FBI agent reported by the United States to have disappeared on its southern island of Kish.
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday that it had "no clues" to solve the mystery of a former FBI agent reported by the United States to have disappeared on its southern island of Kish, the Fars news agency reported.
Washington has said that Robert Levinson, who according to US reports was making a documentary, disappeared after travelling to the Gulf resort island in March and has expressed frustration on the lack of information from Tehran.
"They have made a claim and we are following up the issue. So far there have been no clues over the arrest or presence of the FBI agent in Iran," Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie told the news agency.
"But in line with the notes submitted to Iran, we are examining the issue."
The United States and Iran, arch foes for a quarter of a century, have no diplomatic relations and any contacts are carried out through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which represents US interests.
Washington has repeatedly asked Tehran for information through the Swiss and last week received a brief official note from Iran saying it had nothing to offer.
The United States says that it has firm evidence to suggest Levinson entered Iran and has seen nothing to show he has left the country.
Ejeie denied speculation that the case of Levinson was linked to that of Ali Reza Asghari, a former Iranian defence official who disappeared earlier this year in Turkey amid unconfirmed Western reports he had defected.
"This is not correct," Ejaie told the Fars agency. Iran says that Asghari may have been kidnapped by Western intelligence agencies.
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