Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody | |
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سيد بزرگ محمودى | |
Born | 1938 or 1939 |
Died | (aged 70) |
Occupation | Anaesthesiologist |
Spouse | |
Children | Mahtob |
External videos | |
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Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody news interview |
Sayyed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody[1] (Persian: سيد بزرگ محمودى; c. 1939 – August 23, 2009) was an Iranian professor, engineer, and anesthesiologist, best-known for taking his American ex-wife Betty and their daughter Mahtob to his native country and keeping them hostage there for a period of eighteen months during the mid-1980s.[2][3]