An Interview with Mahtob Mahmoody

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andema83

2 жыл бұрын

An interview with Mahtob Mahmoody after the release of her book in the US.

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@MariaSenna167 11 ай бұрын

Her brave mother saved her life!!

@Indianagirl1963 Жыл бұрын

She's an incredible lady. Her mother is a very brave woman. God Bless them both.

@bwmcelya Ай бұрын

I remember this story when it happened. And now in this video I see the child grown up. I can’t imagine her living out her life in Iran. That country is truly fouled up, even today. Brilliant escape. I tip my hat and hope the best for you Mahtob and your loving mother. Congratulations.

@MWah747 8 ай бұрын

Her mom not only taught her to be cautious of her surroundings but also taught her to hold onto love and forgiveness for her dad.

@ro-steflahens9985 5 ай бұрын

Bullshit. He reached out to her in 2001 and offered her to meet in a Finland, but she ignored him. Betty brainwashed her into maintaining the cottage industry founded after her kidnapping by her dad and his family.

@jaym8927 4 ай бұрын

@@ro-steflahens9985 Forgiving what happened doesn't mean you automatically need to trust the person again. Forgiving is not forgetting, it is not failing to take precautions to prevent it from happening again. She was very wise not to leave her country for any country, even Finland, to find a man who was abusive to her one day.

@ro-steflahens9985 4 ай бұрын

@@jaym8927 Yes, because he was gonna kidnap a grown-ass woman in Finland, with a camera crew following him around. lol She never forgave nor forgot. It would have negatively affected the tiny cash flow generated from the half-true drama that her mom milked through Hollywood and book editors.

@Shakespearelover1717 Ай бұрын

@@ro-steflahens9985You are oversimplifying a very complex issue. I hope no one in your family ever faces a crisis like Betty and Matob did. Until you understand the dynamics and psychology of an abusive relationship, you have no right to make such value statements. I have seen both accounts and Dr. Mamoody’s side is so full of holes that his claims are ludicrous. He can’t threaten her now, thank God.

@dineshbarthwal7973 8 ай бұрын

I read not without my daughter. Really Betty was very brave lady. Salute her. I m from india. Nowadays reading I m mehtob

@tsre5025 2 жыл бұрын

Blessings to you You are a strong woman who wasn’t beaten down.

@lindseysummers5351 2 жыл бұрын

She beaten down, but she wasn't DEFEATED. Life is not about how hard you can hit. Life is about how hard you can GET HIT and keep coming back for more. And this lady is hard as nails. Despite what she went through as a child and despite her father's efforts not only to reestablish communication but his other efforts to track her down, she stood strong and never wavered. That is rare in this World.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree.

@BlytheWorld1972 2 жыл бұрын

She is so smart .. i wish her all the best.

@terrybaker8156 2 жыл бұрын

I am reading her book at the moment, it’s unputdownable!

@lindseysummers5351 2 жыл бұрын

Love the word, and I plan on using it!!

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree, please do not contribute to the spread of racism. Thanks!

@daniellerhye2785 8 ай бұрын

I just received mine from Amazon ❤ currently finishing “ Not Without My Daughter “ and her mother wrote another book about how they readjust to life after they returned

@keriioppolo4024 2 жыл бұрын

Blessings and I am praying for you to. You're so strong and I am so proud of you. PS. I loved your book.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t.

@coloradocowgirl8588 2 жыл бұрын

Your an Amazing person 🙏🙏🙏 Your Mom is also Amazing ❤❤❤ God Bless you both 🙏❤️

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree.

@sha11235 2 жыл бұрын

It was a good book. I hope she is still doing well in 2022.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree

@katvtay 6 ай бұрын

@@BlueBlue-mm7knbye bot

@BlueBlue-mm7kn 6 ай бұрын

@@katvtay bye, hope you get the mental help that you need 🙂🤣🤣

@katvtay 6 ай бұрын

@@BlueBlue-mm7knJihadi simp says what

@ingridcalderon1994 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday sweet Mahtob 🤩🎊🎁🎈🎉🥳🎂💖🇺🇸

@wanderlovesus7777 2 жыл бұрын

I believe everything was great between mr mahmoody and betty, until he moved them to Iran 🇮🇷 and that’s when things became a nightmare, especially that he allowed himself to be manipulated and control by his own family members that acted rude disrespectful and jealous towards his wife betty, she had to put up with it as long as it took and it was sad that mr mahmoody let himself to become weak minded and toxic by allowing his relatives to destroyed their marriage and the love they had for each other, they all treated her like garbage, because she was an American citizen 🇺🇸 and this is why is important to put your marriage 1st your wife or husband and children, before your own relatives..

@lateishajones9898 2 жыл бұрын

American is not a race lol.

@wanderlovesus7777 2 жыл бұрын

@@lateishajones9898 I know!! I never said America was a race. But her in-laws didn’t like her because she wasn’t Iranian, and especially that she was an American citizen.

@lateishajones9898 2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderlovesus7777 That wasn't said. There was no implications in the movie that this was the case. It was likely that they didn't approve of him not marrying a Muslim woman (also not something said or implied in the movie). But that's typical of the religion. Same thing happens here in America. Devout Christian families prefer their children to be with other Christians. They'll say your aren't "equally yoked" if one of you is not Christian. Jews prefer their Jewish children to marry Jewish. None of that is racism either lol. I don't quite think you understand what racism or how it affects minorities.

@wanderlovesus7777 2 жыл бұрын

@@lateishajones9898 I know the movie didn’t implicate anything about racism, but in reality I feel that was part of it too, not only because of the religion differences. Like you’ve said, the Jewish prefers to marry with other Jews, or christians would be marry to other christians, so that’s also the same as that family members of mr mahmoody weren’t thrill that his wife wasn’t an “Iranian Muslim”. So I do get what you’re saying, discrimination against someone else’s beliefs differences is the same as racism. And remember, some scenes in the movies aren’t allow to be play, told or it’s censored. But like I’ve said before, I know those issues was one of the factors, of why betty’s in-laws hated her.

@becky7637 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you But I did not like the fact that in the movie that they made the Islamic part terrifying in a negative light which it is not and that is not true I am a white American female Muslim and Islam is nothing like how they show in the movie

@juniaprocopio 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this song ❤

@narsinhapotdar7215 Жыл бұрын

You and your mother is great,

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t agree

@user-jo6yy5lf4l 6 ай бұрын

I agree and they were very brave..

@kannikabaochai7320 Жыл бұрын

I just finished reading the book of not without my daughter and the movie and the here I am watching interviews

@kimber45ish Жыл бұрын

She saw her father beat her mother as if sheeasa man. She did suffer. And who among us wouldn't do the same thing? I think the real bitterness I'm reading here is that maybe your own mothers could not ever be as strong as Betty..

@jamalkhan3708 Жыл бұрын

Not only sheia it’s all Muslims behavior towards Christians. Even they treat bad their own women. All western should learn about this cult of Islam. Stay away from Islam.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

Not true

@jamalkhan3708 Жыл бұрын

God bless you my dear. Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ saves us from evil as he promised.

@1purapericulo 2 жыл бұрын

I like her 💙

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

I don’t.

@emyemy4925 Ай бұрын

Nice person, her mom and her are very brave.❤

@ethereal1257 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like we would be best friends. We have so much in common. I 'd love to cook with her.

@hellionsentinel 4 ай бұрын

Judging from his questions, the interviewer didn’t even read the “Not without my daughter” book?

@jadeserrano4125 9 ай бұрын

Como se llama el.libro

@frankcortes6852 12 күн бұрын

My Name is Mahtoob

@lililili8446 2 жыл бұрын

Her mother Betty..helped her ..and she didn t said a word about her...

@destinywhite2063 Жыл бұрын

Actually, yes, she did. She said that her mom figured her hatred for her father and Iranian culture out and helped her at home come to terms with it and remember the good stuff and memories from it. That’s a big help for a child when the person you as child love the most tells you “hey, don’t hate this person cause they made some awful choices. They’re still your parent and you are half of them too. So don’t hate them.” Mahtob probably felt her loyalty had to be toward her mom and that she was supposed to hate her father. I’m glad Betty helped her through that.

@WlL-he2ut 9 ай бұрын

After watching the interviews with the dad, I am not sure who is lying. But some facts worth to know are the dad never remarried and never stopped looking to reunite with his daughter..

@m.6343 Жыл бұрын

I like to know if she finally meet with her father or not

@evelynverdejo6926 11 ай бұрын

She never did. After he died in 2009, she forgave him for his actions

@lililili8446 2 жыл бұрын

🥶😱😱🙁🤔🤔

@EarthtoRosita 3 ай бұрын

i wonder if she ever married and has kids.

@bobetization Жыл бұрын

we're all bad in someone's story

@kooroshcyrus4998 2 жыл бұрын

your true religion should be Zoroastrian since your father was from Iran. Zoroastrian is the true religion of Iran.

@andrealuisecandido1154 2 жыл бұрын

in my Family WasnT such STory

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

What is she up to? Is she interested in connecting with the Iranian community at all?

@andema83 2 жыл бұрын

Hm, I don't think so. She says nothing about connecting with the iranian community in her book 🤷🏼‍♀️.

@mshafer1021 2 жыл бұрын

Why would she? She’s benefitted immensely from the Zionist lobby

@16watch 2 жыл бұрын

@@mshafer1021 you are so ridiculous

@mshafer1021 2 жыл бұрын

@@16watch bullshit. Don’t tell me she didn’t receive any royalties from that Israeli made movie

@englisheasy3379 2 жыл бұрын

@@mshafer1021 Haha

@PoliticalRegality Ай бұрын

Why such short hair?

@JaneDoexxx 13 күн бұрын

Why not? There’s no rule against women having short hair.

@PoliticalRegality 13 күн бұрын

@@JaneDoexxx Says a lot about her mental health.

@jodytucker75 11 күн бұрын

@@PoliticalRegality she has lupus some people with lupus lose their hair, so it's probably easy for her to keep it short

@PoliticalRegality 11 күн бұрын

@@jodytucker75 It is a sad situation. Would have been nice if she met someone at her church and have a life partner.

@navidpey194 Жыл бұрын

Zan zendegi azadi

@alexminsky1 2 жыл бұрын

I’m always fascinated by stories about barbaric foreigners who are uncivilized and stupid just because they’re different from us! As a skeptic, I would just say this that reality resists simplification. I’ve heard the other side of the story and honestly I think both sides, Moody’s and Betty’s, are loaded with biases and misjudgments. The turbulent political climate also contributed greatly in intensifying the situation. It was also interesting to observe that Betty and her daughter, Mahtob, were such religious people. I always assumed people start noticing the issues in religiosity when they see shortcomings in another faith. My final conclusion is that Moody was to blame for his miscommunication, forcing his wife and daughter into staying in Iran and domestic violence and Betty was to blame for her exaggerations and politicizing and dramatizing her story. Their daughter, Mahtob, seemed uncritical and confused but she was definitely the victim of that complex and horrible situation.

@lindagrible2178 2 жыл бұрын

Why would you assume such things? Mahtob's mother has stated that she stands behind everything she wrote in her book (NWMD). Making things up would only make her look bad. She's had individuals who were with her in Iran support her side of the story. Most importantly, so has Mahtob, who LIVED it.

@CheerfullyCynical829 Жыл бұрын

I won't be friends with anyone deeply religious. I refuse.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

@@lindagrible2178 you are very very wrong.

@katvtay 6 ай бұрын

You have no evidence Betty exaggerated anything. There are no “two sides” in this case except tor one was wrong and one was right. Thankfully, the former is six feet under.

@purplemist7 5 ай бұрын

@@BlueBlue-mm7knNo, you are.

@kooroshcyrus4998 2 жыл бұрын

I need some money let's write a book about something even I don't know about to cash in hahaha

@lukasmiller486 6 ай бұрын

If he was such an asshole to you and your mother why do you keep his last name? I used to like watching their interviews and the movie but in retrospection, I’m beginning to wonder if this is what it all boils down to. 💵 💵💵💵and 📺 for being a victim.

@EarthtoRosita 3 ай бұрын

If you bothered to watch any video with Betty talking about her husband, youd immediately see that she didnt teach Mahtob to hate him and she, herself didnt. Betty also didnt go the route of teaching her daughter to be hateful or disassociate with her Iranian roots. Its something called "honor". Something you clearly know not of.

@hennesseyme9112 Жыл бұрын

I read the book and didn't like it. Mahtob remained so bitter towards her father. I think she should have waited until her heart was changed to write the book. I read all three of the books written and NWMD was the best but so depressing to read.

@ameliamitchell2642 Жыл бұрын

dude I would remain bitter too, if my father forced me to stay in Iran and beat my mother

@user-jo6yy5lf4l 6 ай бұрын

@@ameliamitchell2642Me too I would never forgive my father for hitting my mother and i am christian ..but some behaviors are too brutal to be forgiven . She was 5 when her mother was beaten in front of her 😢

@jaym8927 4 ай бұрын

She is right. I would never trust my father again if he lied and imprisoned me in a theocratic regime like her father did.

@hennesseyme9112 4 ай бұрын

@@jaym8927 No one said anything about trust. I said she was very bitter towards her father in the book and I didn't like reading that. Even her mother tried to preserve the best of her father.

@taritari2360 7 ай бұрын

I ask one question from Mahtob: you never replied your dad, he was always waiting to see you until he died why people think you are a good people? Don' t you feel guilty?

@user-jo6yy5lf4l 6 ай бұрын

She went through a lot of trauma and suffering during her youth..come on ! She is a good Person.Forgiving doesnt mean you are in contact with the other person .NO! It means you go on your life and try to be happy..Thats her choice ..

@user-jo6yy5lf4l 6 ай бұрын

She doesnt have to feel guilty ..Her father should have felt guilty from hitting her mother in front of her when she was a little girl .He never said forgive me ....

@jaym8927 4 ай бұрын

He lied to mother and daughter and abused them both. They have every right to NEVER trust him again.

@frankcortes6852 12 күн бұрын

She answered that in 8:39

@mshafer1021 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being financially set for life just because you lived through your parent’s marital turmoil. If this same thing happened here in the US it would not have made the news

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

Have you considered that she genuinely suffered at her father’s hands and these books 📚 and speeches are her only form of healing ❤️‍🩹?

@mshafer1021 2 жыл бұрын

@@SonyaOutThere people are not owed a living, book deals, speaking tours and celebrity status just because they endured some emotional pain. I’m POSITIVE that the real story was much less dramatic than the Israeli-made movie depicted

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

@@mshafer1021 Well, what someone is “owed” depends on what consumers think he/she is owed. That the real story was less dramatic is something I’ll leave for everyone to judge. You are entitled to your opinion.

@mshafer1021 2 жыл бұрын

@@SonyaOutThere you’re right in acknowledging that this is nothing more than a commercial endeavor. That’s all it ever was… A commercial endeavor for them, and a propaganda endeavor for the Israelis to get the world thinking poorly of Iranians

@16watch 2 жыл бұрын

How did you arrive at this conclusion? You don’t believe these women? What makes you think this is all propaganda?

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

The harassment the Iranian people living in the West has had to endure because of this women and her mothers book/ Hollywood movie is horrendous. It’s not ok!

@DD.2007 Жыл бұрын

It's weird because in the same movie she was able to escape by the help of good Iranian people. But of course they will ignore that

@melissakearney7630 Жыл бұрын

I think a persons race/culture/religion has nothing to do with whether or not they are a good person! I think that the story shows the good and the bad. These women were held by bad people, but equally they were saved by good!

@liv97497 11 ай бұрын

That's a stupid statement, especially since her mother stated multiple times that this was only her story and not a way to judge the whole country. She has also said many times that she was only able to get out because of the help of other Iranians, strangers who risked their lives, who gave her money and helped them escape. It's not their fault people are simply unable to grasp the concept that bad people can exist in every culture, and it's certainly not their responsibility to pretend it didn't happen just so that bigoted people won't have another way to justify their prejudiced opinions.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn 10 ай бұрын

@@mallorydawn5437 you are extremely wrong and because of people like you the world has remained a horrible place. It’s obvious ur blind and didn’t understand my point at all! For the sake of argument, let’s assume her side of the story is 100% accurate. It’s not ok for her to make a movie that caused Iranians living in diaspora to be harassed. There are hundreds of Hollywood movies about white western families, but very few movies about Iranian families. This movie caused Iranians living outside of Iran to be harassed, it spread negative stereotypes about Iran and caused Iranians to suffer extreme racism and bullying. Shame on u for supporting this!!! Use ur brain before u utter ur racist opinion!!!

@BlueBlue-mm7kn 10 ай бұрын

@@mallorydawn5437 your comment is a disgrace you racist!!!

@mohammadasgaryan6676 2 жыл бұрын

You could have let your father Skype you at least once to see you before he passed away. You were in America; certainly he couldn't get you since he didn't and couldn't get American visa.... I think you're cruel... What do you mean your father was dangerous?? A father may be stubborn but not dangerous . He always loved you always...

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

Since you weren’t there, don’t judge. You don’t know what her father did that made her not even want to talk to him. At the very least, he was very deceitful and dishonest.

@mohammadasgaryan6676 2 жыл бұрын

@@SonyaOutThereI don't know these family personally but how Do you know her father did this? I'm myself Iranian know and understand an Iranian father. He's deeply caring and kind but could become terribly angry, stubborn and even might beat you and unknowingly give you hard time but at at the end of the day he thinks he does that for the sake of a good future or good life for his children...

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

@@mohammadasgaryan6676 I’m Iranian too and had an Iranian father too. They can be manipulative liars. So stop!

@SonyaOutThere 2 жыл бұрын

@@mohammadasgaryan6676 There is never any excuse or justification for hitting a defenseless child or even your wife and then acting like you were the victim in front of the entire world. Mahmoudy got what he deserved, a life of loneliness until the bitter end.

@mohammadasgaryan6676 2 жыл бұрын

@@SonyaOutThere no there is no any excuse for hitting any defensless person never mind your family. But how you can be so sure he was hitting his family??!! Were you there?? But even he was so horrible to them she could still forgive her dad and let him see her at least online once. That was one big forgiveness she could have done to her father as she kept mentioning forgiveness in this interview...

@kimnayung 2 жыл бұрын

Shame on you for refusing to see your Dad.

@priscillaL83 2 жыл бұрын

Uuuuummm this is clearly an idiotic comment. Did yoy not know that her father beat her mother in front of her while he held them hostage??

@andrewdahl4123 2 жыл бұрын

I think it was a safety issue more than anything. Under better circumstances I think it would have been nice to see or even have one phone call but she was unsure of his intentions and couldn’t trust him after what he did to her and her mom.

@corneliakobilke4638 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdahl4123 maybe she just didn’t want to. If its all true, the man cheated her mother into going to iran, lying her against her fear, and then used her (her daughter) to manipulate her mother into staying in one of the most oppressive countries(especially towards women) in the world. If her mother didn’t risk both of their lives, her fate would have been at the hands of her father or her husband. FOR EVER.

@BlueBlue-mm7kn Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdahl4123 I don’t agree.

@OkayBilly Жыл бұрын

Shame on him for being abusive.