QA Note Regarding Spoilers
AThe following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags are used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
QDid Moody lie when he swore on the Koran?
AIn both the movie and the book, Moody swears on the Koran that Betty won't be in any danger, that they'll be back in two weeks, and that he wouldn't do anything to endanger her and Mahtob's safety. In the movie, Moody admits that he swore on the Koran because he knew that Betty would not come to Iran if he didn't. It's not clear whether he was afraid that Betty would not agree to the two week vacation without this assurance or whether he was already planning to stay in Iran at this point. In the book, Betty believes that Moody was lying to her all along.
QWhat route does Betty take on her flight out of Iran?
ADisquised as members of an Iranian family, Betty and Mahtob are driven through the checkpoint outside of Tehran where they are transferred to a jeep and taken to a hut. There, Betty changes her clothes into more traditional peasant wear and has her passport and jewelry taken from her. The jeep carries them up into the Zagros Mountains where they are stopped again but allowed to keep going. She and Mahtob spend the night in another hut with three men, one of whom tries to sleep with Betty but is stopped by the others. In the dead of night, Betty and Mahtob are skirted around another checkpoint and left in the desert. At daybreak, a lone man with a horse fetches them and leads them over the mountains to where yet another man is waiting with a car. Betty's passport and personal items are returned to her. The final leg of escape takes them through Kurdistan to the Turkish border. A map showing the part of Iran from Tehran to the Turkish border can be viewed here.
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