I'm a beautiful, my loving, my loyal wife, Christine, and my children, and my grandson,

and also for the United States government.

I have been held here with three and a half years.

I am not in very good health.

I am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine.

I have been treated well at I need shall with the United States government to answer the requests of the group that has held me for three and a half years.

And please help me get home.

33 years of service to the United States deserves something.

Please help me.

On March 8th, 2007, Robert Levinson, an American-born man with a long history of work in law enforcement,

visited Keesh Island just off of the coast of Iran.

Unlike Iran, Keesh Island has very lax entry laws, meaning that Robert did not need to provide his visa to authorities.

Claiming to have visited the island for business, Robert Levinson, an overweight man in his late 50s, was actually working on behalf of the CIA.

Despite not looking or acting like the average spy, that's almost exactly what he was.

A private contractor working on behalf of the US government to try and flip an Iranian asset.

Because Iran had long been seen as a black hole for American intelligence, this mission, which Robert Levinson had arranged for himself,

off of the CIA's official record, was deemed as being worth the risk.

Unfortunately, just a day after his arrival, on March 9th, 2007, the same day that Robert met up with his potential asset,

Iranian officials took both men in pick custody.

The potential asset that he had met up with was eventually released by authorities a day or two later, but the whereabouts of Robert Levinson have remained a mystery in the years since.

Iran claimed to have had no knowledge of Levinson's whereabouts, and have disputed any allegation that they played a part in his detainment or disappearance.

Likewise, for years, the US government disavowed Robert Levinson as an American agent,

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