Family members of a former Marine jailed in Iran give CNN an exclusive interview . They direct their pleas to Iran 's leaders , asking them to send Amir Mirzaei Hekmati home . ` ` They forced him '' to confess to espionage , his mother says . `` That 's not true '' `` The Iranians have never allowed us to go to see him . '' he was never charged with anything and has been free for years now. `` I feel so helpless ''
Family members of a former Marine jailed in Iran give CNN an exclusive interview . They direct their pleas to Iran 's leaders , asking them to send Amir Mirzaei Hekmati home . ` ` They forced him '' to confess to espionage , his mother says . `` That 's not true '' he was never charged with anything and has been free for years now. `` I feel so helpless ''