Sayed mahmoody biography for kids
Sayed mahmoody biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders!
Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody
Iranian anesthesiologist and hostage-taker
Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 or 1939 Shushtar, Pahlavi Iran |
| Died | (aged 70) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Anaesthesiologist |
| Spouse | Betty Lover (m. 1977; div. 1989) |
| Children | Mahtob |
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]
Early life
Mahmoody was born to a prominent family in Shushtar.
Mahmoody's father, a doctor, died when Mahmoody was a toddler, and he had few memories of him. His mother, also a doctor, died when he was eight years old, and he was raised by his older sister.[4