Trump hits back at Iran after it admitted for the first time that it has an 'ongoing' court case against a missing FBI agent

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• President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to news from Iran that it had an "ongoing" case against a former FBI agent who disappeared in 2007 under mysterious circumstances. 
• Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent, went missing from Kish Island in Iran on March 9, 2007. 
• He is considered to be the longest-held hostage in US history.
• On Sunday, Iran offered its first admission that it had an open case against Levinson. 
• Trump responded by saying that returning Levinson would be a "very positive step." 
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President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to news from Iran that it had an "ongoing" case against a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007 under mysterious circumstances. 

Robert Levinson, 71, had worked for the FBI before his disappearance from Kish Island, located off the southern coast of Iran, on March 9, 2007. In 2013, the Associated Press revealed that the man had been in Iran on an unsanctioned mission for the CIA, though the White House insisted he did not work for the US government at the time of his disappearance. 

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