christine levinson spoke with bob orr today. >> reporter: for the nearly seven years robert levinson been missing, his wife has backed the u.s. government's claim that levinson was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective investigating cigarette smuggling. but today for the first time christine levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> he was working as a consultant for the c.i.a. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> reporter: so as he would work on these private initiatives, from time to time he would funnel information to the c.i.a.? >> correct. >> reporter: her lawyer, david mcgee, said the u.s. government should make a similar public admission to iran in a bid to win levin son's release. >> there is no further value in continuing to deny what everyone in this world knows to be the truth. >> reporter: so if the u.s. could come full face and say, yes, he worked for the c.i.a., that might be enough of a show of good faith that the iranians would respond? is. >> that's our hope

christine levinson spoke with bob orr. >> reporter: for the nearly seven years levinson is missing, hislaim that he was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective investigating cigarette smuggling. for the first time christine levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> he was working as a consultant for the cia. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> so as he would work on these private initiatives, from time to time he would funnel information to the cia. >> correct. >> her lawyer said she should make a public plea for his release in a bid to win levinson's release. >> there's no further value to continue to deny what everyone in this world knows to be the truth. >> so if the u.s. would come full face and say, yes, he worked for the cia, that might be enough of a show of good faith that the iranians would respond? >> that's our hope. >> levinson has had no direct contact with his family since his capture in march of 2007. in 2010 these documents purporting to show levinson's detention

christine levinson confirmed her husband bob was working in part at least for the cia.that information will help the iran and u.s. speak more freely and find a way to win his release. >> he was working as a onsultant for the cia. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> reporter: the confirmation comes as christine levinson is planning a second trip to iran. she will try to make her case with a personal plea to iran's president at a time when relations between the u.s. and iran have improved. >> if president rouhani could find bob and send him home to his family he could make a wonderful humanitarian gesture. >> reporter: but the u.s. government still has not admitted that levinson ever worked directly for u.t. intelligence. the family's attorney david mcgee says it's time to come clean and make a deal. >> if the u.s. would come full face and say yes, he worked for the cia, that might be enough of a show of good faith that the iranians would respond? >> that's our hope. >> reporter: le vinson who retired after workin

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christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he always which is working for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> reporter: the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> reporter: to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he vanished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. th

christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he alwaysworking for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken ownership of it yet. >> reporter: the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> reporter: to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he vanished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. they denied

christine levinson and her son dan are now speaking out to susan candiotti. >> he was doing what he always which is working for the united states government and investigating criminal activities. and the united states government has not taken i don't knowership of it yet. >> the wife and son of retired fbi agent bob levinson speaking out for the first time since it was publicly revealed her husband was arrested in iran, doing undercover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i've just kept thinking this can't actually be happening. it is such a nightmare. >> to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department says it's doing everything it can to bring him home. but the family is outraged, saying the cia lost eight months after he varnished. lying about his spy work to them and the senate intelligence committee until the family turned up crucial records to prove it. it the agency has now apologized and paid a $2.5 million settlement. the cia won't comment publicly, but fired three people and disciplined seven others. >> it's immoral. they den

a smiling levinson clan when dad was in the picture. christine has not seen her husband. has evidence that can help to locating him. >> these documents are documents showing that bob was arrested, and that several months later he had medical issues in the prison that they held him in. the family can't prove the documents authenticity but they appear to be real with the proper language. al jazeera's experts on the iranian law agree. the ex-fbi employee was working under contract for the c.i.a. at the time of his disappearance, something the u.s. government never admitted and the family and news organizations new but kept secret. >> there's a positive development for us. we are hopeful that the hassan rouhani administration will follow up on this. the family wants to pressure the u.s. government to step up efforts to save one of their own. >> they sent him, left him. that was a moral wrong. they need to fix that. >> i need the help of the united states government. >> the last images the family saw of levinson came three years ago. >> i have no years to doubt it. i believe h

states government. >> the last images the families saw of levinson game three years ago. >> i believe he is working as far as he can. >> christine and dan hope to travel to iran to talk to the officials, or at least to get more information on the whereabouts of robert levinson. >> well, last year was one of the hottest on record. in a moment on the newshour, a new report on global warming. >> and rafael nadal's square at the australian open. details a little later. >> you are on the newshour. we'll take you through the top stories. the syrian government and opposition sat down for the first time to talk about an end to the war. they are meeting in switzerland in part of the geneva ii conference. two anti-government protesters have been killed in the ukrainian capital as riot police took down barricades. they refused to leave independs care. it banned dismoptions, a prominent human rights lawyer has gone on trial. he is charged with gathering crowds to disrupt public order. >> part of the campaign was a push to get government officials to reveal their wealth. >> a report reveals how close relatives of china have moved money to of

levinson in captivity came three year ago. >> i believe that he's working as hard as he can to come home to his family. >> christine and dan hopeel to iran to talk to officials identified in these documents, or at least get more information on the whereabouts of robert levinson. i spoke to the state department this evening and got no response to the charge that the u.s. sent him, left him and should fix it. the state department repeated that bringing levinson home is a top priority, something that they have been saying for sometime. >> the family, after all of this time, still believes that he's alive? >> they remain optimistic, and though it has been seven years that they have seen evidence of that, they want to go back to iran and talk to some of the people named in this document >> so the iran nuclear deal in the world, does that have an impact on this? >> you would think that it would muddied waters, but they think it may help because they're at a high-level going on, and somehow robert levinson may be part of that. >> it has been nearly one month since aljazeera correspondents were jailed in egypt. the journalists are accu