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Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody

Iranian anesthesiologist and hostage-taker

  • Fame55.5
  • Momentum25.0
  • Doctors rank#188
  • Wikipedia68.7K
Lived 1939–2009, aged 70
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  • Era
    1939–2009
    Aged 70
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Updated 2026-06-25

Sayyed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody was an Iranian professor, engineer, and anesthesiologist, best-known for taking his American then-wife Betty and their daughter Mahtob to his native country Iran and keeping them hostage there for a period of eighteen months during the mid-1980s.

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55.5
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Momentum25.0
Historical4.9
Now attention100.0
Source confidence15.0
Completeness41.0
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