Nearly two decades after former FBI agent Robert Levinson disappeared into the black hole of Iran's despotic regime, his grieving family is making an emotional plea that should infuriate every American: just give us back his body.
Levinson, who worked as a private investigator after his FBI career, vanished on Iran's Kish Island in March 2007. The brutal Islamic Republic has held his family hostage with silence ever since, refusing to provide any information about his whereabouts or circumstances of his death.
Think about that for a moment, Patriots. An American hero who dedicated his life to serving our country has been missing for 19 years, and the Iranian mullahs won't even have the basic human decency to return his remains to his family.
Iran's Cruel Game Continues
The Levinson family's anguish represents everything wrong with America's past approach to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. While previous administrations played diplomatic footsie with Tehran, American families suffered in silence.
"We just want to bring Bob home," the family has repeatedly stated, a simple request that exposes the savage nature of Iran's theocratic regime. The mullahs who chant "Death to America" can't even show mercy to a grieving family seeking closure.
"This is about basic human dignity and the obligation every nation has to account for foreign nationals who die in their custody," advocates for the Levinson family have argued.
But here's the reality: Iran doesn't operate by civilized standards. This is the same regime that shoots down passenger planes, funds terrorist proxies across the Middle East, and brutally oppresses its own people.
Will Trump 2.0 Finally Get Results?
With President Trump back in the White House and his America First team in place, there's renewed hope that Iran will finally face real consequences for its decades of barbaric behavior. The Trump administration's track record of bringing Americans home speaks for itself.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the President's national security team understand that strength, not appeasement, is the only language Tehran respects. The question is: how much longer will American families be forced to suffer while Iran plays these sick games?