WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The United States is asking Iran to provide information about a U.S. citizen believed to have gone missing several weeks ago in Iran while on private business there, the State Department said on Monday.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the family and employer of the man had reported him missing and the State Department was sending an official inquiry to Iran on Monday via Swiss diplomats, who act as a go-between with Iran because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations.

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