That's a very nice, thoughtful comment, considering your name. Lol. No but really, I like your comment, I'm sure your username was just you being humorous.
@@Riddarjakob one was an Iranian lady who had lived in the US but had no contacts . Another was two American women were married to Iranians pilots who wanted to "kidnap" Betty and Mahtob and then figure a way to sneak them
@@Riddarjakob and the sneak then out. Betty would not go with them because they did have a plan. She mentioned that there were many nice people I Iran that tried to help her but these were the two cases were she went into detailes
Yes, that's what Moody kept mentioning in the movie, how the country was getting so much more sophisticated before the revolution, and how they were building chemical plants and refineries, and how they were now all rotting in the desert because no one knew how to operate them
@@jawaherabueish8790 I did some research. She had two sons, from a previous marriage; who are much older than her daughter, by 9 and 13 years respectively. Perhaps her sons were already grown up, by the time Betty, Mahtob and Mahmoody moved to Iran. The baby boy probably was someone else's son.
@@pamelabacker2420 hum.. Have you seen the movie ? At this part, Betty and her husband lived at familys's couple. This couple had a son and Betty was sometimes taking care of him
That man is a very kind person. If I managed to get back to US, I would invite him to help him settle there as well or send funds to help him if possible.
I remember seeing him the first time and I was like I don’t trust him, but towards the end, I wanted to wrap my arms around him and call him a hero 🦸♂️
I felt the same way about the woman from the Embassy, her attitude was very accusatory, "You got yourself into this situation, Betty. What's done is done" But in reality, she was very valuable and even helped Betty apply for an Iranian passport in order to leave safely, since the country hates American woman and she'd be killed if anyone found out her true Nationality.
Listened to a blog where women who lived in the United States after growing up in the Middle East said the biggest adjustment was realizing that they could go anywhere they wanted without needing a male relative to escort them. One woman said kept looking around to see if her neighbors were watching her whenever she went out for a walk. That had to be a hell of a culture shock to these ladies. 🤔
@@Neko.VirtualOr maybe it's because they want to control women? Yeah, I think that's it, which would also explain why women don't have many rights there and why to this day, they need their husbands' consent to leave the country.
I’ll never forget a woman asking my husband to go in the gas station to buy her gas (she would give him the cash). He said why and she looked at him confused and said because I need gas, please help me. I finally realized what was happening and I told her she could go in her own, she doesn’t need a man to pay. She looked even more confused so I went with her. It broke my heart. She was new to America.🙏😕
Technically if the wife divorce the husband in Iran and the husband says ok, then the husband will take all the wife possession (that also means her owned child). because woman have no right in Iran or better yet the woman in Iran are treated as possession not people, that why Betty cannot divorce her husband in iran she needed to divorce him in a state where woman are treated as equal
Hamid is so kind. Iranian are not bad like some people make them out to be. In fact my sister and I used to frequent a fast food restaurant where the whole staff was Iranian males except for 1 white girl. One guy Will really liked my sister. Another guy who must have some American blood as he had blue eyes Abraham liked me then one day we were in the drive through and a new girl came to the the window and told me "Mo ( short for Mohhammed.) wants your phone number." We need more Iranian men like Hamid.
You didn't really know those guys. Just because someone seems nice, doesn't necessarily mean they are. I'm not saying those guys are bad, I hope they are good people; I'm saying you only have superficial impression of them.
The man in this scene shows that not all Iranians are like what they’re portrayed to be. I mean, I live in a city in Michigan right outside Detroit where many people are of Middle Eastern descent, but I don’t go hating on them for their descent, like people here stateside want to do. There are people here stateside that demonize them simply for their descent or where they came from, thinking they’re all terrorists.
Betty made it clear, never judge a whole country based on the actions of a few. Her “family” were extremists, people like Hamid were nothing like that. ❤️
I notice that hamid looked uncomfortable when he greeted betty, not because he didn’t want to talk to her, it’s obvious he didn’t want others who knows betty’s husband to rat them out, especially when he was offering her to use his phone anytime she needed, he knows how nosey his own people are, and he had that face expression like, “Let’s continue to talk about this later”..
That scene really makes me want to cry! It made me wish that I could just jump into that scene & give that man a big hug! (Why was his son a "Martyr for the war" if he attended the University of Texas? Why didn't he just stay in Texas? 🤔 I didn't see the movie, so I don't know).
I knew quite a few Muslim and Islamic students. Some of them were of Iranian descent. They were nice people, and stood up to verbal and physical attacks as the 2016 election was on the horizon.
I have read the book by Betty Mahmoody from which the movie was taken and I can tell you this: he was even more brave and kind than his movie counterpart. At some point after meeting him, Betty suffered from a brutal beating at the hands of Moody (one of the many, actually); the next time she went into Hamid's store to phone Hamid was able to notice the effects of the beating on her face and asked her what happened, sounding genuinely worried. Betty said that in that particular moment she was so desperate for some kindness that she had a breakdown and told Hamid about Moody's mistreatment, despite the obvious dangers of placing her trust in a man that she barely knew; Hamid was shocked to learn about Moody's behavior and even declared that he was a lunatic. After that, he asked with decision to Betty to give him her address suggesting that he could organize some people to go at Moody's home and give him a taste of his own medicine. Betty said that she was very tempted to accept Hamid's offer but eventually they both realized that such an act would have revealed to Moddy that Betty had some "allies" and, since secrecy was her only hope to escape successfully from Iran, they dropped the idea. After successfully returning to America Betty wrote to Hamid thanking him for his help and he replied back. On the letter he said that two months before the police shut down his store, accusing him of selling clothing with Occidental characters printed on. He added that things were getting worst each day but he also said that Betty's letter brought to him true joy for the first time in many days. He also added that he shared Betty's letter and story with his wife, and even in their hardship, both of them were happy to hear that Betty was successful in her escape.
@@tonysalvageyard The fact that they both realized jumping Moody was a reckless idea is amazing hindsight. In reality, if Betty had agreed to the attack, then Moody would have become suspicious, and they'd move back in with his mother and the rest of the family. If the beatings were bad before, it was about to get much worse.
Nobody understood what it was like for Betty and I am from India and I was born there and I am being gangstalked and hated and they have me down on social media as a terrorist and people hate me so much and they act like monsters around me and they scare me too. I am praying this stops the gangstalking.
Uh yeah no it's not a very safe place to visit. Never go alone and women should never alone. Idk your gender and I don't care. But it's just not a safe place to visit. Especially for women and they should never go there alone.
let's put a smile on that face Not at all ! Iran is a very safe place especially for women. People are respectful and they wouldn’t attack a woman or man even after dark
I've seen videos of women being whipped and stoned on the streets of Iran. It's definitely not safe. I think you should not go to a country governed by sharia.
@@ipukeglitter435 that is objectively, provably NOT true! Iran is safer than the US by a long shot. It’s an incredibly civilized country with a huge percentage of its youth not even following Islam. And even if they did, Shia Islam isn’t nearly as extreme as Sunni Islam…no beheadings, no suicide bombings, no “jihad,” nothing.
Hamid is proof that Iranians are some of the most warm-hearted people you can encounter. Out of all those in the Muslim world, they are the ones I trust the most.
He was so nice to her an angel sent from God to help her and her daughter out. God heard their prayers. Unfortunately some people take their religion to the extreme, ans in some cultures women have no saying.
Him shaking her hand was a sign of trust on both sides. In Islam it is is haram (forbidden) to touch a married woman as a man. He was showing he trusted her and she trusted him.
I would call Hamid a "watered down" Muslim. He was (probably) Muslim on paper, but acted like a Christian and deviated away from true Islam. He followed the Christian tenet of "Love thy neighbor" and acted as a good samaritan towards Betty. He is loosely analogous to the Iranian housekeeper in "Argo". She protected the fugitive American Embassy workers from the Iranian authorities.
Farshadkhodayar Khodayar I will delete dishonest posts coming from lying Islamic Propagandists who are upholding the Islamic tenet of protecting the image of Islam, regardless of what the truth is.
@@surenpiruzi1954 You keep posting comments seemingly to advertise this book. It strikes one as strange and begs the question why you keep doing that. I don't have one then again I m not posting multiple times to promote some book with a bunch of unsubstantiated claims. I really have no interest on a back and forth re this so I'm muting this thread.
@@learntospellpeople Congratulations! A fundamentalist Sunni Muslim at the end of this page is almost of the same opinion as you. Just open your eyes and look around you! The most non-religious, secular, and democracy-loving people from the Middle East, who live in the West, are Iranians, and Betty tries to belittle these people.
I do not have much respect for Betty. She had 2 other children from a previous marriage. Left in the US. I mean, if you marry again, your new husband should include all of his new family. Her other children suffered a lot from this story, from her absence, but no-one even mentions them!!
From what I understand, her other two children were significantly older than Mahtob, so in all likelihood they were both fully grown and living on their own during the events of this film. This would explain why we don't see them.
@@purplemist7 I have read different versions. Joe and John (her two sons) were 9 and 13 when Mahtob was born (or maybe when Betty left for Iran, I am not sure). Either way, they were young. They were left with Betty's parents when she traveled with Mahtob. Another 'source' says they were her nephews, but I have only seen that once. Betty herself said, in an interview, that her sons were so traumatized by what happened that they refused to attend an event when her book was published. They could not cope with reliving it over and over. When the film was made, apparently the producers wanted to 'concentrate' on the subject at hand, meaning only Betty, Mahtob and Moody. As a mother of several children I am not sure I would have agreed to have my other children wiped out of this story because they were greatly affected by it in their own way. Anyway, none of us know the whole story, but it would be good to get some insight as to what happened to those two little boys.
Yep, he wasn't just an Iranian who visited the world melting pot of NY, he got a taste of middle America (the real down home America, what some people say)
100 years since the vote. Any conscious person does not misunderstand: misogynism is stunting to human development. Heave off the garbage bag , and do not let ages and ages of enslave abused mutual abused yesteryear hold you yourself, your children hostage.
One option for her is to divorce her husband, leave Iran and work on getting her daughter out from home. She could have sold her property and found some mercenaries to go to Iran and rescue her daughter. Probably less risky than what she did.
I dont know whether you have watched the movie yet, but in it the women from the embassy explains: if you have a iranian husband, in the case of a divorce you have no right on the custody. So.
I'm not talking about custody. Read my original comment, then you'll understand why leavening the daughter temporary could have been a realistic way to save her. And yes, mother can leave daughter if necessary. I guarantee it.
I watched this movie back in Iran around 21 years ago when the real father was there inside Cinema watching this movie with students in the university and telling them the lies and errors that are in each scene. From what I can still remember he was kind and longing to see his daughter again. Well, that's Hollywood job to direct people's minds and perceptions to what they want. We saw this trend before in movies like 300 or Argo in which they wrote history and politics again.
He was one of the nicest men in Iran. God bless him and his family.
In this movie.
Yeah
He died, the family found out
@@RenlinkMorales he died what happened?
@@dynahvelvixin.8615 idk i have to read the book and i forgot the real daughter name she had interview video talking about it
This guy was heaven sent. not only would I pay him back I'd send him a fruit basket every month for the rest of my life.
That's a very nice, thoughtful comment, considering your name. Lol.
No but really, I like your comment, I'm sure your username was just you being humorous.
I’d buy all his shirts
I hope she did send him some $ for risking his own Life & his family to help her..a complete stranger!
@@alvexok5523 sometimes u can't judge a book by its cover
@@dallasyap3064, that's true
God bless Hamid. He is the first one who helps Betty.
Yep the first ally Betty has ever met.
In the movie but I. The book their were others that tried to help her before.
@@rrboost6151 And who are they wo want to help her in the book version? Why did they fail?
@@Riddarjakob one was an Iranian lady who had lived in the US but had no contacts . Another was two American women were married to Iranians pilots who wanted to "kidnap" Betty and Mahtob and then figure a way to sneak them
@@Riddarjakob and the sneak then out. Betty would not go with them because they did have a plan. She mentioned that there were many nice people I Iran that tried to help her but these were the two cases were she went into detailes
Hamid was very western which is what Iran USED to be before the 1979 take over.
C Liberty that’s right.
Yes, that's what Moody kept mentioning in the movie, how the country was getting so much more sophisticated before the revolution, and how they were building chemical plants and refineries, and how they were now all rotting in the desert because no one knew how to operate them
Cindy Liberty his my cousin
Stop believing that because someone is westernized it means that he is good
@@نعيمةالسنهاجي some are some aren't
Hamid is so kind to help Betty and her daughter.
Why did she leave her son though
@@jawaherabueish8790 She never had a son; just a daughter.
In the movie it shows her taking care of a baby boy
@@jawaherabueish8790 I did some research. She had two sons, from a previous marriage; who are much older than her daughter, by 9 and 13 years respectively. Perhaps her sons were already grown up, by the time Betty, Mahtob and Mahmoody moved to Iran. The baby boy probably was someone else's son.
@@pamelabacker2420 hum.. Have you seen the movie ?
At this part, Betty and her husband lived at familys's couple. This couple had a son and Betty was sometimes taking care of him
That man is a very kind person. If I managed to get back to US, I would invite him to help him settle there as well or send funds to help him if possible.
If I remember right he did get out. Iran Contra delayed it but he made it
Hamid is an example of most if not all Iranians I've ever known.
Yup...same here, some of the kindest people out there
A strong people who have endured such a horrible regime.
And Moody is an example of most if not all Iranians I’ve known 😂
@@blindfollowerSame
I remember seeing him the first time and I was like I don’t trust him, but towards the end, I wanted to wrap my arms around him and call him a hero 🦸♂️
I felt the same way about the woman from the Embassy, her attitude was very accusatory, "You got yourself into this situation, Betty. What's done is done" But in reality, she was very valuable and even helped Betty apply for an Iranian passport in order to leave safely, since the country hates American woman and she'd be killed if anyone found out her true Nationality.
What an Angel. Such kindness and caring.
Listened to a blog where women who lived in the United States after growing up in the Middle East said the biggest adjustment was realizing that they could go anywhere they wanted without needing a male relative to escort them. One woman said kept looking around to see if her neighbors were watching her whenever she went out for a walk. That had to be a hell of a culture shock to these ladies. 🤔
Where were they from?
@@نعيمةالسنهاجي ...not sure. 🤔
they dont want women to go alone anywhere cuz if there is a rapist or robber they cant fight back
@@Neko.VirtualOr maybe it's because they want to control women? Yeah, I think that's it, which would also explain why women don't have many rights there and why to this day, they need their husbands' consent to leave the country.
I’ll never forget a woman asking my husband to go in the gas station to buy her gas (she would give him the cash). He said why and she looked at him confused and said because I need gas, please help me. I finally realized what was happening and I told her she could go in her own, she doesn’t need a man to pay. She looked even more confused so I went with her. It broke my heart. She was new to America.🙏😕
Very soft spoken guy... got that glass of warm milk vibes goin w his voice
The fact that he said my little small town Amarillo TX makes me love this movie even more
I ate at a Golden Corral in Amarillo while traveling from Phoenix to Tulsa
People claim that this movie demonized all Iranians as a whole but it didn't.
A lot of Iranians, like this guy, really cool.
She can get a divorce, but the man keeps the child :|
And these people are so lost that they think it’s normal
Luna Ranger she can ask for divorce but the court never let her to divorce until her husband say ok
The laws in iran r totally against women
Technically if the wife divorce the husband in Iran and the husband says ok, then the husband will take all the wife possession (that also means her owned child). because woman have no right in Iran or better yet the woman in Iran are treated as possession not people, that why Betty cannot divorce her husband in iran she needed to divorce him in a state where woman are treated as equal
Women in Iran is being oppressed. They are not being treated as people, they are treated as slaves and dogs. That's why not live in Iran.
God bless Hamid.
I met her and her daughter. She has remarried but has to live in a fortress close to we’re I live. Lovely lady and beautiful daughter
Cheryl Hayes why in a fortress? The real Moody died years ago.
Hamid is so kind. Iranian are not bad like some people make them out to be. In fact my sister and I used to frequent a fast food restaurant where the whole staff was Iranian males except for 1 white girl. One guy Will really liked my sister. Another guy who must have some American blood as he had blue eyes Abraham liked me then one day we were in the drive through and a new girl came to the the window and told me "Mo ( short for Mohhammed.) wants your phone number." We need more Iranian men like Hamid.
True indeed. But make sure, that u or your sister won't end up like this woman, have to go with husband to Iran and trap there. Beware!
❤
Ok 😂😂😂😂
You didn't really know those guys. Just because someone seems nice, doesn't necessarily mean they are. I'm not saying those guys are bad, I hope they are good people; I'm saying you only have superficial impression of them.
I have met lovely Iranian people who live here
love the freedom we have.
@@rileysmith9843 getting all high and mighty I see?
Not really my intentions to get all high and mighty, even though I’m in a military family.
The man in this scene shows that not all Iranians are like what they’re portrayed to be. I mean, I live in a city in Michigan right outside Detroit where many people are of Middle Eastern descent, but I don’t go hating on them for their descent, like people here stateside want to do. There are people here stateside that demonize them simply for their descent or where they came from, thinking they’re all terrorists.
Betty made it clear, never judge a whole country based on the actions of a few. Her “family” were extremists, people like Hamid were nothing like that. ❤️
2:07 I never noticed before, until just now, that, before shaking Betty’s hand, Hamid looks around as if he were making sure no one would see him…
He felt bad for her.
He knew she was American and was threw it.
I notice that hamid looked uncomfortable when he greeted betty, not because he didn’t want to talk to her, it’s obvious he didn’t want others who knows betty’s husband to rat them out, especially when he was offering her to use his phone anytime she needed, he knows how nosey his own people are, and he had that face expression like, “Let’s continue to talk about this later”..
I hope they can be free to express themselves one day🌻
That scene really makes me want to cry! It made me wish that I could just jump into that scene & give that man a big hug! (Why was his son a "Martyr for the war" if he attended the University of Texas? Why didn't he just stay in Texas? 🤔 I didn't see the movie, so I don't know).
He probably returned home after he completed his studies.
He probably returned home before the revolution
I knew an Iranian kid back in high school. He was very nice and westernized just like the man in the shop.
I knew quite a few Muslim and Islamic students. Some of them were of Iranian descent. They were nice people, and stood up to verbal and physical attacks as the 2016 election was on the horizon.
That was the cutest baby! I could just squeeze him ♥♥♥
He really risked his life and business to let someone call the states from his business
He escaped❤
He started getting her help. Good man.
I hope nothing terrible happened to him for what he did for Betty. I’m sure he would’ve gotten in some form of trouble for helping her
I have read the book by Betty Mahmoody from which the movie was taken and I can tell you this: he was even more brave and kind than his movie counterpart.
At some point after meeting him, Betty suffered from a brutal beating at the hands of Moody (one of the many, actually); the next time she went into Hamid's store to phone Hamid was able to notice the effects of the beating on her face and asked her what happened, sounding genuinely worried.
Betty said that in that particular moment she was so desperate for some kindness that she had a breakdown and told Hamid about Moody's mistreatment, despite the obvious dangers of placing her trust in a man that she barely knew; Hamid was shocked to learn about Moody's behavior and even declared that he was a lunatic.
After that, he asked with decision to Betty to give him her address suggesting that he could organize some people to go at Moody's home and give him a taste of his own medicine.
Betty said that she was very tempted to accept Hamid's offer but eventually they both realized that such an act would have revealed to Moddy that Betty had some "allies" and, since secrecy was her only hope to escape successfully from Iran, they dropped the idea.
After successfully returning to America Betty wrote to Hamid thanking him for his help and he replied back. On the letter he said that two months before the police shut down his store, accusing him of selling clothing with Occidental characters printed on. He added that things were getting worst each day but he also said that Betty's letter brought to him true joy for the first time in many days. He also added that he shared Betty's letter and story with his wife, and even in their hardship, both of them were happy to hear that Betty was successful in her escape.
@@tonysalvageyard that is wonderful, I am grateful to hear he would’ve avenge Moody for Betty. Lord knows she was alone except with her daughter.
@@tonysalvageyard omg what happened to him i wonder 😞😞😞
@@tonysalvageyard The fact that they both realized jumping Moody was a reckless idea is amazing hindsight. In reality, if Betty had agreed to the attack, then Moody would have become suspicious, and they'd move back in with his mother and the rest of the family. If the beatings were bad before, it was about to get much worse.
funny thing is - this actor is israeli. sason gabay. a great artist. to bad we cant all just get along in real life.
An angle sent for Betty
Nobody understood what it was like for Betty and I am from India and I was born there and I am being gangstalked and hated and they have me down on social media as a terrorist and people hate me so much and they act like monsters around me and they scare me too. I am praying this stops the gangstalking.
Try going to the police. For one thing I know (not sure), is that women are also like sort of oppressed in India but not as worse as those in Iran.
In u want, then get out of the country. Go to America.
Imagining having a child watch him grow up graduate from Texas A&M only to die a martyr
Hamid and Houssein great guys . If only all iranians were like them in that time . Fortunatelly she coudnt be hold like this anymore .
MEN helped her get out
Yes they did.
Well it’s not like women had much power...
I know
One of the helpers was a woman
Gender doesn't matter. Any man or woman who helps someone in such need is a hero.
Sally Fields is my TV Mama she's a damn good actress😮
I would love to visit Iran 🇮🇷... I don’t like their government, but I am sure their people and culture is amazing
Uh yeah no it's not a very safe place to visit. Never go alone and women should never alone. Idk your gender and I don't care. But it's just not a safe place to visit. Especially for women and they should never go there alone.
I don’t think you’d like to go right now
let's put a smile on that face Not at all ! Iran is a very safe place especially for women. People are respectful and they wouldn’t attack a woman or man even after dark
I've seen videos of women being whipped and stoned on the streets of Iran. It's definitely not safe. I think you should not go to a country governed by sharia.
@@ipukeglitter435 that is objectively, provably NOT true! Iran is safer than the US by a long shot. It’s an incredibly civilized country with a huge percentage of its youth not even following Islam. And even if they did, Shia Islam isn’t nearly as extreme as Sunni Islam…no beheadings, no suicide bombings, no “jihad,” nothing.
This guy owned this store was gentleman
I wonder if anyone ever followed up with him or if anyone from America sent him money for all he did.
This is a lesson for all crazy occidental women that fell in love with crazy people like them with such different culture
I have seen this movie and it really opens up your eyes... I would like 2 see it again from the very beginning 2 the end.
Always remember that Jesus will get us out of any situation that we're in.
Jesus is not reel
@@Neko.Virtual he is and history proves
Amen
@@Neko.Virtual He is *real*......learn to spell before giving out advice
Their are only a minority Muslim who are kind than the rest of them those who have no kindness and hatred.
God bless you, sir. You did good.
Hamid is proof that Iranians are some of the most warm-hearted people you can encounter. Out of all those in the Muslim world, they are the ones I trust the most.
I love this movie... too bad it was only a clip.
He was so nice to her an angel sent from God to help her and her daughter out. God heard their prayers. Unfortunately some people take their religion to the extreme, ans in some cultures women have no saying.
There is no ''god''. noone sent Hamid to them. He was just a good man who CHOSE to help Betty.
Him shaking her hand was a sign of trust on both sides. In Islam it is is haram (forbidden) to touch a married woman as a man. He was showing he trusted her and she trusted him.
All I can say is that these days in Iran it’s hard to find men over there like Hamid 😢
I'm sure they're there, but they have to stay hidden
@@dublinjazz1Yes
There's another lifetime movie just liked this. I don't remember the name.
I wish I remember the name
Cathy mahone story similar story
he also helped rambo
Whose baby was she minding?
One of the family members they were staying with. The only woman that was nice to her.
In real life they killed this man may he REST IN PARADISE!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
😢
I would call Hamid a "watered down" Muslim. He was (probably) Muslim on paper, but acted like a Christian and deviated away from true Islam. He followed the Christian tenet of "Love thy neighbor" and acted as a good samaritan towards Betty. He is loosely analogous to the Iranian housekeeper in "Argo". She protected the fugitive American Embassy workers from the Iranian authorities.
Farshadkhodayar Khodayar I will delete dishonest posts coming from lying Islamic Propagandists who are upholding the Islamic tenet of protecting the image of Islam, regardless of what the truth is.
better then
Xerxes in 300
perfectsplit Hamid is my cousin
Perfect split he is a real Muslim it's not the religion whether your Muslim or not it's your upbringing not religion okay
@@suzanbeverlyhills2310Is it true that your cousin went to prison for helping Betty?
I’m so glad he got her back. 🥹❤️
This is why we curtail Clergy's power in Europe back in the Reformation Era.
But did you... really?
I want to watch this movie.
Where I can watch?
@@surenpiruzi1954 Why are you posting this again? What's your agenda?
@@learntospellpeople Are you a “private” detective”? What is your “agenda”?
@@surenpiruzi1954 You keep posting comments seemingly to advertise this book. It strikes one as strange and begs the question why you keep doing that. I don't have one then again I m not posting multiple times to promote some book with a bunch of unsubstantiated claims.
I really have no interest on a back and forth re this so I'm muting this thread.
@@learntospellpeople Congratulations! A fundamentalist Sunni Muslim at the end of this page is almost of the same opinion as you. Just open your eyes and look around you! The most non-religious, secular, and democracy-loving people from the Middle East, who live in the West, are Iranians, and Betty tries to belittle these people.
Finny enough, she got help from Iranians not even the American she had hope in. In our tribukations , help can be near.
She obviously also got help from Americans, such as her mom, those in the American embassy, etc.
@@purplemist7 She also got betrayed by a fellow American...
Is the baby her's? I am somewhat confused
Betty's daughter
No, it was her husband’s nephew.
It must have been another baby from the extended family. Her daughter in the movie was older. She seemed to be around 4 or 5.
Meanwhile to justify their fanatic revolution they also went on war.
The man was never identified in real life. I really hope that is true.
En español somos latinas gracias
I do not have much respect for Betty. She had 2 other children from a previous marriage. Left in the US.
I mean, if you marry again, your new husband should include all of his new family.
Her other children suffered a lot from this story, from her absence, but no-one even mentions them!!
From what I understand, her other two children were significantly older than Mahtob, so in all likelihood they were both fully grown and living on their own during the events of this film. This would explain why we don't see them.
@@purplemist7 I have read different versions.
Joe and John (her two sons) were 9 and 13 when Mahtob was born (or maybe when Betty left for Iran, I am not sure). Either way, they were young. They were left with Betty's parents when she traveled with Mahtob.
Another 'source' says they were her nephews, but I have only seen that once. Betty herself said, in an interview, that her sons were so traumatized by what happened that they refused to attend an event when her book was published. They could not cope with reliving it over and over.
When the film was made, apparently the producers wanted to 'concentrate' on the subject at hand, meaning only Betty, Mahtob and Moody.
As a mother of several children I am not sure I would have agreed to have my other children wiped out of this story because they were greatly affected by it in their own way.
Anyway, none of us know the whole story, but it would be good to get some insight as to what happened to those two little boys.
Well in her defence she thought they would just go there to visit his family and introduce Mahtob to the family and would come back
Amarillo Texas!
Yep, he wasn't just an Iranian who visited the world melting pot of NY, he got a taste of middle America (the real down home America, what some people say)
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I just thank God i was born in kenya...
Por favor ponga la película completa en castellano
Espanol?
@@purplemist7Español, sí.
La quiero completa
Y en español
Por favor
Gracias
Ok
no matter where you go, there will always be someone like him who carries compassion in his heart
100 years since the vote. Any conscious person does not misunderstand: misogynism is stunting to human development.
Heave off the garbage bag , and do not let ages and ages of enslave abused mutual abused yesteryear hold you yourself, your children hostage.
Mahtob looks so young in this scene
That wasn't Mahtob, that was the baby of the woman whose husband's house Betty and her family were living in.
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One option for her is to divorce her husband, leave Iran and work on getting her daughter out from home. She could have sold her property and found some mercenaries to go to Iran and rescue her daughter. Probably less risky than what she did.
No mother would leave her daughter alone in a situation like this.
A mother can do anything, if it means freedom and future for her child, even leaving said child temporary.
Again: no mother would leave her daughter alone in a situation like this.
I dont know whether you have watched the movie yet, but in it the women from the embassy explains: if you have a iranian husband, in the case of a divorce you have no right on the custody. So.
I'm not talking about custody. Read my original comment, then you'll understand why leavening the daughter temporary could have been a realistic way to save her. And yes, mother can leave daughter if necessary. I guarantee it.
יא ששון גבאי 😅
I watched this movie back in Iran around 21 years ago when the real father was there inside Cinema watching this movie with students in the university and telling them the lies and errors that are in each scene. From what I can still remember he was kind and longing to see his daughter again. Well, that's Hollywood job to direct people's minds and perceptions to what they want. We saw this trend before in movies like 300 or Argo in which they wrote history and politics again.
he is an israeli actor lol
Why is her daughter a baby in this scene?
It's not her baby it's one of her husbands sisters baby
She had to take that baby with her. But its not hers.
וואו! ססון גבאי, אתה כאן בסרט הזה! ספר מעניין, סרט טוב !
!! ואתה ססון...שחקן מעולה!!!!
Is he Iranian Israeli?
@@mahmoudhaji
No. He was born in Bagdad, Irak.