In 1984, an American mother traveled to Iran with her husband and four-year-old daughter for what was supposed to be a two-week family visit. Instead, Betty Mahmoody found herself trapped in Iran, unable to leave with her daughter and desperate to find a way home. This video tells the harrowing true story behind Not Without My Daughter, from Betty's arrival in Tehran and her life under strict restrictions to her struggle against abuse, isolation, and a legal system that left her with almost no options.
As Betty realizes that she and her daughter are effectively being held against their will, she begins secretly searching for a way to escape. With the help of people she meets along the way, she eventually takes an extremely dangerous journey across the snow-covered mountains between Iran and Turkey. Her story is one of survival, determination, motherhood, and an extraordinary escape from Iran.
If you enjoy true stories, historical stories, real-life escape stories, untold history, and documentary-style storytelling, this is a story you won't want to miss. It is also closely connected to the bestselling memoir and 1991 film Not Without My Daughter, which brought Betty Mahmoody's story to a worldwide audience.

Watch until the end to discover how Betty and her daughter finally crossed the border into Turkey and reached the American Embassy in Ankara after nearly a year and a half in Iran.

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