In August 1984, michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native iran for a two-week vacation that turned into a permanent stay. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, mah...In August 1984, michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native iran for a two-week vacation that turned into a permanent stay. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his shiite moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and americans despised.