What can a person do if thier ex-spouse kidnaps thier child to another country?

I know a woman who's ex-husband is accused of molesting thier daughter. He is from iran, and keeps threatening to take thier child there.What can a person do if thier ex-spouse kidnaps thier child to another country?
If the child is taken to Iran by her father there won't be much the child's mother can legally do. In Iran the father always has custody of the child and the child of an Iranian man is automatically an Iranian citizen. If the child does get kidnapped than there are some mercenary groups that will kidnap the child from Iran and bring him or her back to the mother, but it is illegal and very expensive.





She may have to hide the child from the father while she seeks full custody in the country where they live now or the father may very well take the child.





Betty Mahmoody is the foremost authority on this subject in the U.S. Her husband held her and thier daughter in Iran for eighteen months in 1984-86 before Betty managed to escape with her daughter by sneaking across the Iran/Turkey Border.What can a person do if thier ex-spouse kidnaps thier child to another country?
I would hide the child from the father till he's in jail. If he makes it to Iran or any other Arab country then legally the mother will have no say in the matter since the father has all legal rights under Islamic Law in those countries. Also Iran doesn't even have diplomatic relations with the US so it wouldn't even be a concern for them.
Call the police. That is the best thing to do if he does take the child. Technically, if she has custody or if they have joint custody then they both have to stay in the U.S. If he does go, the police will extradite him back here. For now, she should just avoid leaving her daughter alone with him. If molestation is an issue or is suspected, she should take her daughter to the hospital to get checked out and call the police.